CCE-91909-2| Platform: ubuntu16.04 | Date: (C)2018-07-09 (M)2022-10-10 |
Disable Automounting
autofs allows automatic mounting of devices, typically including CD/DVDs and USB drives.
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With automounting enabled anyone with physical access could attach a USB drive or disc and have it's contents available in system even if they lacked permissions to mount it themselves.
Fix:
Remove or comment out start lines in /etc/init/autofs.conf:
# start on runlevel [2345]
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| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:46170 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:46170 |
