Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 9
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Add noexec Option to /home
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/home</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /home
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/home</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in these user data directories. ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add usrquota Option to /home
The <code>usrquota</code> mount option allows for the filesystem to have disk quotas configured. Add the <code>usrquota</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code> for the line wh...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to Non-Root Local Partitions
The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> directory ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>nodev</code> mount option prevents files from being interpreted as character or block devices. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> directory ...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>noexec</code> mount option prevents the direct execution of binaries on the mounted filesystem. Preventing the direct execution of binaries from removable media (such as a USB key) provid...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to Removable Media Partitions
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option prevents set-user-identifier (SUID) and set-group-identifier (SGID) permissions from taking effect. These permissions allow users to execute binaries with the s...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /var/log
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/log</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in directories containing log...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /opt
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/opt</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in this directory. Add the <code>...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /srv
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/srv</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in this directory. Add the <code>...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /tmp
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/tmp</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should not exist within temporary directories...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /tmp
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/tmp</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code>...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /tmp
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/tmp</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in these world-writable directori...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /var/log/audit
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/log/audit</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /var/log/audit
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/log/audit</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fs...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /var/log/audit
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var/log/audit</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in directories containi...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /var/log
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var/log</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /var/log
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var/log</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</c...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /var
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/var</code>. Legitimate character and block devices should exist only in the <code>/dev</code> di...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /var
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/var</code>. Add the <code>noexec</code> option to the fourth column of <code>/etc/fstab</code>...Rule Medium Severity
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