The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that if the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server is required, the TFTP daemon is configured to operate in secure mode.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-204623	RHEL-07-040720	SV-204623r603261_rule		Medium

Description
Restricting TFTP to a specific directory prevents remote users from copying, transferring, or overwriting system files.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-03-08

Details

Check Text ( C-4747r89061_chk )
Verify the TFTP daemon is configured to operate in secure mode. Check to see if a TFTP server has been installed with the following commands: # yum list installed tftp-server tftp-server.x86_64 x.x-x.el7 rhel-7-server-rpms If a TFTP server is not installed, this is Not Applicable. If a TFTP server is installed, check for the server arguments with the following command: # grep server_args /etc/xinetd.d/tftp server_args = -s /var/lib/tftpboot If the "server_args" line does not have a "-s" option and a subdirectory is not assigned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-4747r89061_chk )

Verify the TFTP daemon is configured to operate in secure mode.

Check to see if a TFTP server has been installed with the following commands:

# yum list installed tftp-server
tftp-server.x86_64 x.x-x.el7 rhel-7-server-rpms

If a TFTP server is not installed, this is Not Applicable.

If a TFTP server is installed, check for the server arguments with the following command:

# grep server_args /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
server_args = -s /var/lib/tftpboot

If the "server_args" line does not have a "-s" option and a subdirectory is not assigned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-4747r89062_fix)
Configure the TFTP daemon to operate in secure mode by adding the following line to "/etc/xinetd.d/tftp" (or modify the line to have the required value): server_args = -s /var/lib/tftpboot