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1.75 OL08-00-010420

Information

OL 8 must implement non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

GROUP ID: V-248589
RULE ID: SV-248589r958928

Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations that are prohibited. Security safeguards employed to protect memory include, for example, data execution prevention and address space layout randomization. Data execution prevention safeguards can be either hardware-enforced or software-enforced, with hardware providing the greater strength of mechanism.

Examples of attacks are buffer overflow attacks.

Solution

Enable the NX bit execute protection in the system BIOS.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-16, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002824, Rule-ID|SV-248589r958928_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010420, Vuln-ID|V-248589

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 87755ce8d81c4dd0fd39a56da1ec810d377c63ccc68a854a5a3007d68878451d