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V-282474

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must be configured to disable the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) kernel module.

Rule ID

SV-282474r1200402_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Disabling ATM protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

Check Content

Verify TOSS 5 disables the ability to load the ATM kernel module using the following command:

$ sudo grep -r atm /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/* 

blacklist atm

If the command does not return any output, or the line is commented out, and use of ATM is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the system to prevent the atm kernel module from being loaded by adding the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/atm.conf (or create atm.conf if it does not exist):

install atm /bin/false
blacklist atm