Unclassified Information in Non-federal Information Systems and Organizations (NIST 800-171)
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Disable Mounting of cramfs
To configure the system to prevent the <code>cramfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe...Rule Low Severity -
Restrict Partition Mount Options
System partitions can be mounted with certain options that limit what files on those partitions can do. These options are set in the <code>/etc/fst...Group -
Add nodev Option to /boot
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/boot</code>. Legitimate character and block de...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /boot
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/boot</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions shoul...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent creation of device files in <code>/dev/shm</code>. Legitimate character and block device...Rule Medium Severity -
Add noexec Option to /dev/shm
The <code>noexec</code> mount option can be used to prevent binaries from being executed out of <code>/dev/shm</code>. It can be dangerous to allow...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nosuid Option to /dev/shm
The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/dev/shm</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions s...Rule Medium Severity -
Add nodev Option to /home
The <code>nodev</code> mount option can be used to prevent device files from being created in <code>/home</code>. Legitimate character and block de...Rule Unknown 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 shoul...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 sho...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 dev...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> opti...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...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...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</...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 permissi...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...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> ...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 sh...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 dev...Rule Medium Severity
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