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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22430	GEN003815	SV-45786r1_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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-43123r1_chk )
Check if the portmap and/or rpcbind packages are installed. # rpm –q portmap rpcbind If a package is found, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39180r1_fix)
Remove the portmap and/or rpcbind packages. # rpm -e portmap rpcbind # SuSEconfig