Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R18

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

The smb.conf file must use the "hosts" option to restrict access to Samba.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The smb.conf file must use the "hosts" option to restrict access to Samba.

Description

Discussion Text

Samba increases the attack surface of the system and must be restricted to communicate only with systems requiring access.

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Objective

V-1030

Rule

SV-37887r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN006220

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Examine the "smb.conf" file.

# more /etc/samba/smb.conf

If the "hosts" option is not present to restrict access to a list of authorized hosts and networks, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit the "/etc/samba/smb.conf" file and set the "hosts" option to permit only authorized hosts to access Samba.

STIG check 12 of 571 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 STIG checklist

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