The portmap or rpcbind service must not be installed unless needed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22430	GEN003815	SV-63997r1_rule		Medium

Description
The portmap and rpcbind services increase the attack surface of the system and should only be used when needed. The portmap or rpcbind services are used by a variety of services using Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs).

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-02-25

Details

Check Text ( C-52591r1_chk )
Check if the portmap package is installed. # rpm -qa | grep portmap If a package is found, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-54705r1_fix)
Remove the portmap package. # rpm -e portmap or # yum remove portmap