Linux distributions
TMA-ROCKY8-2.1.12
Ensure rpcbind services are not in use
Description
The rpcbind utility maps RPC services to the ports on which they listen. RPC processes notify rpcbind when they start, registering the ports they are listening on and the RPC program numbers they expect to serve. The client system then contacts rpcbind on the server with a particular RPC program number. The rpcbind.service redirects the client to the proper port number so it can communicate with the requested service. Portmapper is an RPC service, which always listens on tcp and udp 111, and is used to map other RPC services (such as nfs, nlockmgr, quotad, mountd, etc.) to their corresponding
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
alt0() { command -v rpm >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: rpm not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'rpm -q rpcbind' 2>&1); printf '%s\n' "$o" | tr -s ' \t' ' ' | sed 's/^ //;s/ $//' | grep -Fxq -- 'package rpcbind is not installed' || { echo step1: missing 'package rpcbind is not installed'; return 1; }; }; alt1() { command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: grep not installed"; return 1; }; command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step1: systemctl not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'systemctl is-enabled rpcbind.socket rpcbind.service 2>/dev/null | grep '"'"'enabled'"'"'' 2>/dev/null); [ -z "$o" ] || { echo "step1: $o" | head -c 300; return 1; }; command -v grep >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step2: grep not installed"; return 1; }; command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "step2: systemctl not installed"; return 1; }; o=$(bash -c 'systemctl is-active rpcbind.socket rpcbind.service 2>/dev/null | grep '"'"'^active'"'"'' 2>/dev/null); [ -z "$o" ] || { echo "step2: $o" | head -c 300; return 1; }; }; if alt0 || alt1; then echo compliant; fi- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Run the following commands to stop rpcbind.socket and rpcbind.service, and remove the rpcbind package: # systemctl stop rpcbind.socket rpcbind.service # dnf remove rpcbind - OR - - IF - the rpcbind package is required as a dependency: Run the following commands to stop and mask the rpcbind.socket and rpcbind.service: # systemctl stop rpcbind.socket rpcbind.service # systemctl mask rpcbind.socket rpcbind.service
Properties
- Operating systems
- rocky-8
- Tags
- cis-convertedlinux
- Reference
- CIS Rocky Linux 8 Benchmark v3.0.0 - 2.1.12
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