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1.1.2.5.4 Ensure noexec option set on /var/tmp partition

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

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

- IF - a separate partition exists for /var/tmp.

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add noexec to the fourth field (mounting options) for the /var/tmp partition.

Example:

<device> /var/tmp <fstype> defaults,rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0

Run the following command to remount /var/tmp with the configured options:

# mount -o remount /var/tmp

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/18209

Item Details

References: CSCv7|14.6

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 35f95829bdc35983247270bded5f71e8df783474128bb299cbddc26aa6d9664b