Linux: Mounting of hfs filesystems
🗓️ 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109717");
script_version("2024-02-09T14:47:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-09 14:47:30 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-01-09 08:27:19 +0100 (Wed, 09 Jan 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");
script_name("Linux: Mounting of hfs filesystems");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Policy");
script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "read_lsmod_kernel_modules.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");
script_add_preference(name:"Status", type:"radio", value:"Disabled;Enabled", id:1);
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Distribution Independent Linux v2.0.0: 1.1.1.4 Ensure mounting of hfs filesystems is disabled (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Controls Version 7: 5.1 Establish Secure Configurations");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The hfs filesystem type is a hierarchical filesystem that allows
you to mount Mac OS X filesystems.
Removing support for unneeded filesystem types reduces the local attack surface of the system. If
this filesystem type is not needed, disable it.");
exit(0);
}
include("policy_functions.inc");
include("ssh_func.inc");
cmd = "lsmod; grep -r 'install hfs /bin/true' /etc/modprobe.d/*";
title = "Mounting of hfs filesystems";
solution = "Edit or create a file in the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory ending in .conf and add the following line:
'install hfs /bin/true'.
Run the following command to unload the hfs module: 'rmmod hfs'.";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = script_get_preference( "Status", id:1 );
if( ! modprobe = policy_modprobe( module:"hfs" ) ) {
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Can not run modprobe command on host";
}else if( get_kb_item( "Policy/linux/lsmod/ERROR" ) ) {
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Can not run lsmod command on host";
}else{
if( get_kb_item("Policy/linux/module/hfs" ) ) {
loaded = TRUE;
comment = "Kernel module hfs loaded. ";
}
if( modprobe !~ "install /bin/true" ){
no_install_redirect = TRUE;
comment += "Kernel module hfs is not configured to run '/bin/true'.";
}
if(loaded || no_install_redirect)
value = "Enabled";
else
value = "Disabled";
compliant = policy_setting_exact_match(value:value, set_point:default);
}
policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
type:test_type, test:cmd, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:cmd, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
value:value, compliant:compliant);
exit(0);
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