1.1.14 Ensure /var/tmp partition includes the noexec option

Information

The noexec mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain executable binaries.

Rationale:

Since the /var/tmp filesystem is only intended for temporary file storage, set this option to ensure that users cannot run executable binaries from /var/tmp .

Solution

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add noexec to the fourth field (mounting options) for the /var/tmp partition. See the fstab(5) manual page for more information.
Run the following command to remount /var/tmp :

# mount -o remount,nosuid,nodev,noexec /var/tmp

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3219

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-11, CSCv7|2.6

Plugin: Unix

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