RHEL 9 must not have the nfs-utils package installed.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-257828 | RHEL-09-215025 | SV-257828r1044894_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| "nfs-utils" provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. This package also contains the "showmount" program. "showmount" queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the Network File System (NFS) server on the remote host. For example, "showmount" can display the clients that are mounted on that host. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-14 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-257828r1044894_chk)
Verify that the nfs-utils package is not installed with the following command:
$ dnf list --installed nfs-utils
Error: No matching Packages to list
If the "nfs-utils" package is installed, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-61493r925470_fix)
Remove the nfs-utils package with the following command:
$ sudo dnf remove nfs-utils