STIGUI
V-261281CAT II — Medium severitySV-261281r996326_rule

SLEM 5 file systems that are being imported via Network File System (NFS) must be mounted to prevent files with the setuid and setgid bit set from being executed.

Rule version SLEM-05-231025 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

The "nosuid" mount option causes the system to not execute "setuid" and "setgid" files with owner privileges. This option must be used for mounting any file system not containing approved "setuid" and "setguid" files. Executing files from untrusted file systems increases the opportunity for unprivileged users to attain unauthorized administrative access.

Check

Verify SLEM 5 file systems that are being NFS exported are mounted with the "nosuid" option with the following command:

     > grep nfs /etc/fstab
     UUID=e06097bb-cfcd-437b-9e4d-a691f5662a7d /store nfs rw,nosuid 0 0

If a file system found in "/etc/fstab" refers to NFS and it does not have the "nosuid" option set, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure SLEM 5 "/etc/fstab" file to use the "nosuid" option on file systems that are being exported via NFS.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-261281
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-261281r996326_rule
Check ID
C-65010r996325_chk
Fix ID
F-64918r995709_fix