The operating system must implement non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56725	SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192	SV-70985r1_rule		Medium

Description
Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations that are prohibited. Security safeguards employed to protect memory include, for example, data execution prevention and address space layout randomization. Data execution prevention safeguards can either be hardware-enforced or software-enforced with hardware providing the greater strength of mechanism. Examples of attacks are buffer overflow attacks.

Description

Some adversaries launch attacks with the intent of executing code in non-executable regions of memory or in memory locations that are prohibited. Security safeguards employed to protect memory include, for example, data execution prevention and address space layout randomization. Data execution prevention safeguards can either be hardware-enforced or software-enforced with hardware providing the greater strength of mechanism. Examples of attacks are buffer overflow attacks.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2015-06-26

Details

Check Text ( C-57295r1_chk )
Verify the operating system implements non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61621r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to implement non-executable data to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.