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V-261281

CAT II (Medium)

SLEM 5 file systems that are being imported via Network File System (NFS) must be mounted to prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed.

Rule ID

SV-261281r996326_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system to not execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved "setuid" and "setguid" files. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for unprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check Content

Verify SLEM 5 file systems that are being NFS exported are mounted with the "nosuid" option with the following command:

     > grep nfs /etc/fstab
     UUID=e06097bb-cfcd-437b-9e4d-a691f5662a7d /store nfs rw,nosuid 0 0

If a file system found in "/etc/fstab" refers to NFS and it does not have the "nosuid" option set, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure SLEM 5 "/etc/fstab" file to use the "nosuid" option on file systems that are being exported via NFS.