NFS file systems on AIX must be mounted with the nosuid option unless the NFS file systems contain approved setuid or setgid programs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215234	AIX7-00-001138	SV-215234r508663_rule		Medium

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

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-10

Details

Check Text ( C-16432r294153_chk )
Obtain a list of NFS file systems that contain approved "setuid" or "setgid" files from the ISSO/ISSM. Check the "nosuid" mount option is used on all NFS file systems that do not contain approved "setuid" or "setgid" files: # mount \| grep -E "options\|nfs\|---" node mounted mounted over vfs date options -------- --------------- --------------- ------ ------------ --------------- ausgsa.ibm.com /gsa/ausgsa/projects/a/aix/71 /mnt_1 nfs3 Nov 05 14:11 ro,bg,hard,intr,nosuid,sec=sys ausgsa.ibm.com /gsa/ausgsa/projects/a/aix/72 /mnt_2 nfs3 Nov 05 14:12 ro,bg,hard,intr,sec=sys If the NFS mounts do not show the "nosuid" setting in their "options" fields, along with other mount options, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16432r294153_chk )

Obtain a list of NFS file systems that contain approved "setuid" or "setgid" files from the ISSO/ISSM.

Check the "nosuid" mount option is used on all NFS file systems that do not contain approved "setuid" or "setgid" files:
# mount | grep -E "options|nfs|---"
node mounted mounted over vfs date options
-------- --------------- --------------- ------ ------------ ---------------
ausgsa.ibm.com /gsa/ausgsa/projects/a/aix/71 /mnt_1 nfs3 Nov 05 14:11 ro,bg,hard,intr,nosuid,sec=sys
ausgsa.ibm.com /gsa/ausgsa/projects/a/aix/72 /mnt_2 nfs3 Nov 05 14:12 ro,bg,hard,intr,sec=sys

If the NFS mounts do not show the "nosuid" setting in their "options" fields, along with other mount options, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16430r294154_fix)
For each NFS file systems that does not contain approved "setuid" or "setgid" files, add the "nosuid" option, along with other mount options, to the "options" field in "/etc/filesystems" using the following command: # chfs -a options=ro,bg,hard,intr,nosuid,sec=sys Note that the other mount options (other than the nosuid options) may be different among NFS mounts.