Add nosuid Option to /home

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The nosuid mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in /home. The SUID and SGID permissions should not be required in these user data directories. Add the nosuid option to the fourth column of /etc/fstab for the line which controls mounting of /home.

warning alert: Functionality Warning

OVAL looks for partitions whose mount point is a substring of any interactive user's home directory and validates that noexec option is there. Because of this, there could be false negatives when several partitions share a base substring. For example, if there is a home directory in /var/tmp/user1 and there are partitions mounted in /var and /var/tmp. The noexec option is only expected in /var/tmp, but OVAL will check both.
Bash remediation uses the df command to find out the partition where the home directory is mounted. However, if the directory doesn't exist the remediation won't be applied.

Rationale

The presence of SUID and SGID executables should be tightly controlled. Users should not be able to execute SUID or SGID binaries from user home directory partitions.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_mount_option_home_nosuid
Severity: Medium
References: 11 13 14 3 8 9

APO13.01 BAI10.01 BAI10.02 BAI10.03 BAI10.05 DSS05.02 DSS05.05 DSS05.06 DSS06.06

CCI-000366 CCI-001764

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SR 1.1 SR 1.10 SR 1.11 SR 1.12 SR 1.13 SR 1.2 SR 1.3 SR 1.4 SR 1.5 SR 1.6 SR 1.7 SR 1.8 SR 1.9 SR 2.1 SR 2.2 SR 2.3 SR 2.4 SR 2.5 SR 2.6 SR 2.7 SR 7.6

A.11.2.9 A.12.1.2 A.12.5.1 A.12.6.2 A.14.2.2 A.14.2.3 A.14.2.4 A.8.2.1 A.8.2.2 A.8.2.3 A.8.3.1 A.8.3.3 A.9.1.2

CIP-003-8 R5.1.1 CIP-003-8 R5.3 CIP-004-6 R2.3 CIP-007-3 R2.1 CIP-007-3 R2.2 CIP-007-3 R2.3 CIP-007-3 R5.1 CIP-007-3 R5.1.1 CIP-007-3 R5.1.2

AC-6 AC-6(1) CM-6(a) CM-7(a) CM-7(b) MP-7

PR.IP-1 PR.PT-2 PR.PT-3

SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154 SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

OL08-00-010570

R28

SV-248616r991589_rule
Updated: over 1 year ago

Remediation Templates

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL08-00-010570
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_home_nosuid
  - no_reboot_needed
- name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Initialize variables
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    non_allowed_partitions:
    - /
    - /lib
    - /opt
    - /usr
    - /bin
    - /sbin
    - /boot
    - /dev
    - /proc
    home_directories: []
    allowed_mount_point: []
    fstab_mount_point_info: []
  when: ( not ( "kernel" in ansible_facts.packages and "rpm-ostree" in ansible_facts.packages
    and "bootc" in ansible_facts.packages ) and not ( ansible_virtualization_type
    in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"] ) )
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL08-00-010570
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_home_nosuid
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Get home directories from passwd
  ansible.builtin.getent:
    database: passwd
  when: ( not ( "kernel" in ansible_facts.packages and "rpm-ostree" in ansible_facts.packages
    and "bootc" in ansible_facts.packages ) and not ( ansible_virtualization_type
    in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"] ) )
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL08-00-010570
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_home_nosuid
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Filter home directories based on UID range
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    home_directories: '{{ home_directories + [item.data[4]] }}'
  when:
  - ( not ( "kernel" in ansible_facts.packages and "rpm-ostree" in ansible_facts.packages
    and "bootc" in ansible_facts.packages ) and not ( ansible_virtualization_type
    in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"] ) )
  - item.data[4] is defined
  - item.data[2]|int >= 1000
  - item.data[2]|int != 65534
  - item.data[4] not in non_allowed_partitions
  with_items: '{{ ansible_facts.getent_passwd | dict2items(key_name=''user'', value_name=''data'')}}'
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL08-00-010570
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_home_nosuid
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Gather mount points
  ansible.builtin.setup:
    filter: ansible_mounts
  when: ( not ( "kernel" in ansible_facts.packages and "rpm-ostree" in ansible_facts.packages
    and "bootc" in ansible_facts.packages ) and not ( ansible_virtualization_type
    in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"] ) )
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL08-00-010570
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_home_nosuid
  - no_reboot_needed

- name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Ensure mount options for home directories
  block:

  - name: ' Add nosuid Option to /home - Obtain mount point using df and shell'
    ansible.builtin.shell: |
      df {{ item }} | awk '/^\/dev/ {print $6}'
    register: df_output
    with_items: '{{ home_directories }}'

  - name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Set mount point for each home directory
    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
      allowed_mount_point: '{{ allowed_mount_point + [item.stdout_lines[0]] }}'
    with_items: '{{ df_output.results }}'
    when:
    - item.stdout_lines is defined
    - item.stdout_lines | length > 0
    - item.stdout_lines[0] != ""

  - name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Obtain full mount information for allowed mount
      point
    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
      fstab_mount_point_info: '{{ fstab_mount_point_info + [ ansible_mounts | selectattr(''mount'',
        ''equalto'', item) | first ]}}'
    with_items: '{{ allowed_mount_point }}'
    when: allowed_mount_point is defined

  - name: Add nosuid Option to /home - Ensure mount option nosuid is in fstab for
      allowed mount point
    ansible.builtin.mount:
      path: '{{ item.mount }}'
      src: '{{ item.device }}'
      opts: '{{ item.options }},nosuid'
      state: mounted
      fstype: '{{ item.fstype }}'
    with_items: '{{ fstab_mount_point_info }}'
    when:
    - allowed_mount_point is defined
    - item.mount not in non_allowed_partitions
    - '''nosuid'' not in item.options'
  when: ( not ( "kernel" in ansible_facts.packages and "rpm-ostree" in ansible_facts.packages
    and "bootc" in ansible_facts.packages ) and not ( ansible_virtualization_type
    in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"] ) )
  tags:
  - DISA-STIG-OL08-00-010570
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6
  - NIST-800-53-AC-6(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - NIST-800-53-MP-7
  - configure_strategy
  - high_disruption
  - low_complexity
  - medium_severity
  - mount_option_home_nosuid
  - no_reboot_needed

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if ( ! ( { rpm --quiet -q kernel ;} && { rpm --quiet -q rpm-ostree ;} && { rpm --quiet -q bootc ;} ) && ! ( [ -f /.dockerenv ] || [ -f /run/.containerenv ] ) ); then
function perform_remediation (){

    mount_point_match_regexp="$(printf "^[[:space:]]*[^#].*[[:space:]]%s[[:space:]]" $1)"
    # If the mount point is not in /etc/fstab, get previous mount options from /etc/mtab
    if ! grep -q "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/fstab; then
        # runtime opts without some automatic kernel/userspace-added defaults
        previous_mount_opts=$(grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/mtab | head -1 |  awk '{print $4}' \
                    | sed -E "s/(rw|defaults|seclabel|nosuid)(,|$)//g;s/,$//")
        [ "$previous_mount_opts" ] && previous_mount_opts+=","
        # In iso9660 filesystems mtab could describe a "blocksize" value, this should be reflected in
        # fstab as "block".  The next variable is to satisfy shellcheck SC2050.
        fs_type=""
        if [  "$fs_type" == "iso9660" ] ; then
            previous_mount_opts=$(sed 's/blocksize=/block=/' <<< "$previous_mount_opts")
        fi
        echo " $1  defaults,${previous_mount_opts}nosuid 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    # If the mount_opt option is not already in the mount point's /etc/fstab entry, add it
    elif ! grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/fstab | grep -q "nosuid"; then
        previous_mount_opts=$(grep "$mount_point_match_regexp" /etc/fstab | awk '{print $4}')
        sed -i "s|\(${mount_point_match_regexp}.*${previous_mount_opts}\)|\1,nosuid|" /etc/fstab
    fi

    if mkdir -p "$1"; then
        if mountpoint -q "$1"; then
            mount -o remount --target "$1"
        fi
    fi
}

readarray -t home_directories  < \
    <(awk -F':' '{if ($3>=1000 && $3!= 65534) print $6}' /etc/passwd )


for home_directory in "${home_directories[@]}"
do
    if [ -d $home_directory ]; then
        fstab_mount_point=$(df $home_directory | awk '/^\/dev/ {print $6}')
        if  ! grep -qP "^/$|^/lib$|^/opt$|^/usr$|^/bin$|^/sbin$|^/boot$|^/dev$|^/proc$" <<< $fstab_mount_point
        then
            perform_remediation "$fstab_mount_point"
        fi
    fi
done

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

Add nosuid Option to /home

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