Ensure network file system services are not in use

MediumLevel 1Automatedlinux

Description

The Network File System (NFS) is one of the first and most widely distributed file systems in the UNIX environment. It provides the ability for systems to mount file systems of other servers through the network.

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

shell

alt0() { command -v rpm >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: rpm not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'rpm -q nfs-utils' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' '  ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- 'package nfs-utils is not installed' || { echo step1: missing 'package nfs-utils is not installed'; return 1; }; command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step2: grep not installed"; return 1; }; command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step2: systemctl not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'systemctl is-enabled nfs-server.service 2>/dev/null | grep '"'"'enabled'"'"'' 2>/dev/null); [ -z "$o" ] || { echo "step2: $o" | head -c 300; return 1; }; command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step3: grep not installed"; return 1; }; command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step3: systemctl not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'systemctl is-active nfs-server.service 2>/dev/null | grep '"'"'^active'"'"'' 2>/dev/null); [ -z "$o" ] || { echo "step3: $o" | head -c 300; return 1; }; }; if alt0; then echo compliant; fi

Expected output: compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Run the following command to stop nfs-server.service and remove nfs-utils package: # systemctl stop nfs-server.service # dnf remove nfs-utils - OR - - IF - the nfs-utils package is required as a dependency: Run the following commands to stop and mask the nfs-server.service: # systemctl stop nfs-server.service # systemctl mask nfs-server.service

Properties

Operating systems: almalinux-8
Tags: cis-convertedlinux
Reference: CIS AlmaLinux OS 8 Benchmark v4.0.0 - 2.1.9

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shell

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