STIG ID: OL08-00-040070 | SRG: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059 | Severity: medium | CCI: | Vulnerability Id: V-248836
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.
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
If "autofs" is required for Network File System (NFS), it must be documented with the ISSO.
Verify the operating system 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" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.