Title

The RHEL 8 file system automounter must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Automatically mounting file systems permits easy introduction of unknown devices, thereby facilitating malicious activity.

Check Content

Verify RHEL 8 disables the ability to automount devices. Check to see if automounter service is active with the following command: Note: If the autofs service is not installed, this requirement is not applicable. $ sudo systemctl status autofs o 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 RHEL 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

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-230502r1155393_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-230502

Group Title: SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059

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