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Disable Network File System (nfs)

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The Network File System (NFS) service allows remote hosts to mount and interact with shared filesystems on the local system. If the local system is not designated as a NFS server then this service should be disabled. The nfs-server service can be disabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl mask --now nfs-server.service

Rationale

Unnecessary services should be disabled to decrease the attack surface of the system.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_nfs_disabled
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated



Remediation - Puppet

include disable_nfs-server

class disable_nfs-server {
  service {'nfs-server':
    enable => false,
    ensure => 'stopped',

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'nfs-server.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'nfs-server.service'

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[customizations.services]
disabled = ["nfs-server"]

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Block Disable service nfs-server
  block:

  - name: Disable service nfs-server
    block: