Linux: noexec option on /var/tmp
🗓️ 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| linux | www.linux.die.net/man/8/mount |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150313");
script_version("2023-09-22T05:05:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-09-22 05:05:30 +0000 (Fri, 22 Sep 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-11-04 15:27:46 +0000 (Wed, 04 Nov 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");
script_name("Linux: noexec option on /var/tmp");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Policy");
script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "linux_list_mounted_filesystems.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://linux.die.net/man/8/mount");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Ubuntu Linux 20.04 v2.0.0: Ensure noexec option set on /var/tmp partition (Automated)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Distribution Independent Linux v2.0.0: 1.1.10 Ensure noexec option set on /var/tmp partition (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS CentOS Linux 8 Benchmark v1.0.0: 1.1.10 Ensure noexec option set on /var/tmp partition (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Controls Version 7: 2.6 Address unapproved software");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The noexec mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot
contain special devices.
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.");
exit(0);
}
include("policy_functions.inc");
cmd = "mount | grep -E '\s/var/tmp\s' | grep -v noexec";
title = "Option 'noexec' is set on /var/tmp";
solution = "mount -o remount,noexec /var/tmp";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = "Enabled";
if ( get_kb_item( "linux/mount/ERROR" ) ) {
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Could not get information about partitions";
} else if ( ! options = get_kb_item( "linux/mount//var/tmp/options" ) ) {
value = "Disabled";
compliant = "no";
comment = "No separate /var/tmp partition found";
} else {
if ( options =~ "noexec" )
value = "Enabled";
else
value = "Disabled";
compliant = policy_setting_exact_match( value:value, set_point:default );
}
policy_reporting( result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
type:test_type, test:cmd, info:comment );
policy_set_kbs( type:test_type, cmd:cmd, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
value:value, compliant:compliant );
exit( 0 );
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