Title

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed on file systems that are being imported via Network File System (NFS). (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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 unprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check Content

Verify file systems that are being NFS imported are configured with the "nosuid" option. Find the file system(s) that contain the directories being exported with the following command: # more /etc/fstab | grep nfs UUID=e06097bb-cfcd-437b-9e4d-a691f5662a7d /store nfs rw,nosuid 0 0 If a file system found in "/etc/fstab" refers to NFS and it does not have the "nosuid" option set, this is a finding. Verify the NFS is mounted with the "nosuid" option: # mount | grep nfs | grep nosuid If no results are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the "/etc/fstab" to use the "nosuid" option on file systems that are being imported via NFS.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-204482r603261_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-204482

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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