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V-248836

CAT II (Medium)

The OL 8 file system automounter must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-248836r1156663_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R8

CCIs

CCI-000778

Discussion

Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if automounter service is active with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status autofs autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Check Content

Verify OL 8 disables the ability to automount devices. 
 
Determine if the automounter service is active with the following command: 
 
$ sudo systemctl status autofs 
 
autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand 
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) 
Active: inactive (dead) 
 
If the "autofs" status is set to "active" this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure OL 8 to disable the ability to automount devices.

Turn off the automount service with the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl stop autofs
$ sudo systemctl disable autofs