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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22429	GEN003810	SV-26662r1_rule	ECSC-1	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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-27694r1_chk )
Check the status of the portmap service. # service portmap status If the service is running, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-23904r1_fix)
Shutdown and disable the portmap service. # service portmap stop; chkconfig portmap off