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1.101 RHEL-09-231170

Information

RHEL 9 must mount /var/log/audit with the nosuid option.

GROUP ID: V-257875
RULE ID: SV-257875r958804

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system to not execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved "setuid" and "setguid" files. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for nonprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Solution

Modify "/etc/fstab" to use the "nosuid" option on the "/var/log/audit" directory.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001764, Rule-ID|SV-257875r958804_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-231170, Vuln-ID|V-257875

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9a445ef70b5b67263d052cbd374825440dd03f8c4acc606d4dec736449b924b3