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1.1.13 Ensure nodev option set on /var/tmp partition

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Information

The nodev mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain special devices.

Rationale:

Since the /var/tmp filesystem is not intended to support devices, set this option to ensure that users cannot attempt to create block or character special devices in /var/tmp .

Solution

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add nodev 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,nodev /var/tmp

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/2948

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CSCv7|5.1, CSCv7|13

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 24ab2e2c1de9029436b2fac6f976a0f5dcc3e45597fcfbcbc44a5c267a815164