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Assessment Title
Rule Text
TOSS must disable mounting of cramfs.
Description
Discussion Text
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors.
Removing support for unneeded filesystem types reduces the local attack surface of the server.
Compressed ROM/RAM file system (or cramfs) is a read-only file system designed for simplicity and space efficiency. It is mainly used in embedded and small footprint systems.
Removing support for unneeded filesystem types reduces the local attack surface of the server.
Compressed ROM/RAM file system (or cramfs) is a read-only file system designed for simplicity and space efficiency. It is mainly used in embedded and small footprint systems.
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