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Do Not Enable the RPC Service

🗓️ 07 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Disable rpcbind service to minimize remote attack surface if RPC services are unnecessary.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# METADATA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130451");
  script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-07 11:45:56 +0000 (Wed, 07 May 2025)");
  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("Do Not Enable the RPC Service");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "compliance_os_check.nasl");

  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch", "policy/ssh/login/euleros_eulerosvirtual_openeuler_hce");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.23 Do Not Enable the RPC Service (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Virtual: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.23 Do Not Enable the RPC Service (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"HCE Linux (Huawei Cloud EulerOS): openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.23 Do Not Enable the RPC Service (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"openEuler Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.23 Do Not Enable the RPC Service (Recommendation)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The rpcbind service maps remote procedure call (RPC) services
to the ports on which they listen. RPC processes notify rpcbind when they start and register the
ports they are listening on and the RPC program numbers they expect to serve. The client system
then contacts rpcbind on the server using a particular RPC program number. The rpcbind service
redirects the client to the correct port number so it can communicate with the requested service.

If the system does not require RPC-based services, you are advised to disable rpcbind to reduce the
remote attack surface.");

  exit(0);
}

include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");

title = "Do Not Enable the RPC Service";

solution = "Disable the rpcbind service on a server where the rpcbind component has been installed:

# systemctl --now disable rpcbind";

check_type = "SSH_Cmd";

action = 'Run the command in the terminal:
# systemctl is-enabled rpcbind';

expected_value = 'The output should be equal to "disabled" or be equal to "not-found" or contain "Failed to get unit file state"';

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTION CHECK
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(!get_kb_item("login/SSH/success") || !sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection()){

  report_ssh_error(title: title,
                   solution: solution,
                   action: action,
                   expected_value: expected_value,
                   check_type: check_type);
  exit(0);
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK : Verify command `systemctl is-enabled rpcbind`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd = 'systemctl is-enabled rpcbind';
actual_value = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);

if(eregmatch(string: actual_value, pattern:"(No such file or directory|Permission denied|Command not found|Segmentation fault|service not found|is not running|syntax error near unexpected token|syntax error: unexpected end of file)", icase: TRUE)){
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Something went wrong during the audit check. Please try again.";
}else if(actual_value == 'disabled' || actual_value == 'not-found' || strstr(actual_value, 'Failed to get unit file state')){
  compliant = "yes";
  comment = "Check passed";
}else{
  compliant = "no";
  comment = "Check failed";
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

target = get_kb_item("policy/ssh/login/os-release");
comment = "Target: " + target + "\n" + comment;

report_audit(action: action,
             actual_value: actual_value,
             expected_value: expected_value,
             is_compliant: compliant,
             solution: solution,
             check_type: check_type,
             title: title,
             comment: comment);

exit(0);

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21 Nov 2025 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score7
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