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Do Not Enable the TFTP Service

🗓️ 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Do not enable TFTP; it has no authentication or encryption, so use SFTP for file transfer.

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130462");
  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:"2025-09-23 22:04:10 +0000 (Tue, 23 Sep 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 TFTP 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/hce");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"HCE Linux (Huawei Cloud EulerOS): HCE Linux Security Configuration (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.2 Do Not Enable the TFTP Service (Requirement)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is used for file transfer
between a Linux server and other servers, desktop systems, as well as terminal devices. TFTP does
not support authentication and encryption mechanisms. Data tends to be forged, tampered with, or
stolen by attackers during communication. Therefore, do not install the TFTP service and TFTP
clients. Devices without a TFTP client and service cannot provide TFTP service or use the TFTP
client to communicate with external devices. If files need to be transferred, SFTP can be used
instead.");

  exit(0);
}

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

title = "Do Not Enable the TFTP Service";

solution = "For servers where the tftp component is installed, you can disable the TFTP service.

# systemctl --now disable tftp";

check_type = "SSH_Cmd";

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

expected_value = 'The output should be equal to "disabled" and be equal to "not-found" and be equal to "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 : Check if the tftp package installed
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd = 'systemctl is-enabled tftp';
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' && 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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