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V-1030

CAT II (Medium)

The smb.conf file must use the hosts option to restrict access to Samba.

Rule ID

SV-46139r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000225

Discussion

Samba increases the attack surface of the system and must be restricted to communicate only with systems requiring access.

Check Content

Examine the "smb.conf" file.

# more /etc/samba/smb.conf

If the "hosts" option is not present to restrict access to a list of authorized hosts and networks, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the "/etc/samba/smb.conf" file and set the "hosts" option to permit only authorized hosts to access Samba.