1.1.5 Ensure noexec option set on /tmp partition

Information

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

Rationale:

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

Solution

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

# mount -o remount,noexec /tmp

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3144

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-11, CSCv6|3.1, CSCv7|2.6

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9085c33309c2bf03c923275792b570194160fbc29f09c6a165214009672c4f7f