cis-bind-v100-2-3

DevOps & Security

Lock the BIND User Account (Automated)

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CIS 2.3 — Lock the BIND User Account

Profile Applicability

Authoritative Name Server Level 1
Caching Only Name Server Level 1

Description

The user account under which BIND runs should not have a valid password, but should be locked.

Rationale

As a defense-in-depth measure the named user account should be locked to prevent logins, and to prevent a user from su'ing to named using a password. In general, there shouldn't be a need for anyone to have to su as named, and when there is a need, then sudo should be used instead, which would not require the account password.

Impact

Not specified.

Audit Procedure

Ensure the named account is locked using the following:

# passwd -S named
named LK 2020-02-11 -1 -1 -1 -1 (Password locked.)

The results must have the LK value in the second field, similar to the output shown above.

Remediation

To remediate, lock the named account using the password command with the lock option as shown below.

# passwd -l named
Locking password for user named.
passwd: Success

Default Value

Account is locked by default.

References

None listed.

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v6	16 Account Monitoring and Control	Y	Y	Y

MITRE ATT&CK Mappings

Tactic	Technique
Privilege Escalation	T1078 Valid Accounts
Credential Access	T1110 Brute Force

Profile

Level 1 - Authoritative Name Server
Level 1 - Caching Only Name Server