The system must implement non-executable program stacks.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-216206r959010_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000366
Updated: 20 days ago

The root role is required.

Determine the OS version you are currently securing.

# uname –v
If the OS version is 11.3 or newer, enable non-executable program stacks using the "sxadm" command.

# pfexec sxadm enable nxstack

For Solaris 11, 11.1, and 11.2, this action applies to the global zone only and the "/etc/system" file is updated. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", modify the "/etc/system" file.

# pfedit /etc/system 

add the line:

set noexec_user_stack=1

Solaris 11, 11.1, and 11.2 systems will need to be restarted for the setting to take effect.

The system must implement non-executable program stacks.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure