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1.1.14 Ensure nosuid option set on /var/tmp partition

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Information

The nosuid mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain setuid files.

Rationale:

Since the /var/tmp filesystem is only intended for temporary file storage, set this option to ensure that users cannot create setuid files in /var/tmp .

Solution

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3288

Item Details

References: CSCv7|5.1, CSCv7|13

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 2eabfa93d53566ba7be74fe9fda1104566c373dbd534ed2e9117f3a6dfcaffd8