Title

Samba must be configured to not allow guest access to shares. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Guest access to shares permits anonymous access and is not permitted.

Check Content

Check the guest setting the Samba configuration. # cat /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" | grep -i "^guest ok = yes" If the setting exists and is set to yes, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file and change the guest ok setting to no, for example: guest ok = no

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-35112r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22501

Group Title: GEN006235

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