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

From SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z

Associated with: CCI-000305

SV-45786r1_rule The portmap or rpcbind service must not be installed unless needed.

Vulnerability discussion

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).

Check content

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

Remove the portmap and/or rpcbind packages. # rpm -e portmap rpcbind # SuSEconfig

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