The limitpriv zone option must be set to the vendor default or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-47895	SOL-11.1-100020	SV-60767r1_rule		Low

Description
Solaris zones can be assigned privileges generally reserved for the global zone using the "limitpriv" zone option. Any privilege assignments in excess of the vendor defaults may provide the ability for a non-global zone to compromise the global zone.

STIG	Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-50331r1_chk )
This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this check applies. List the non-global zones on the system. # zoneadm list -vi \| grep -v global List the configuration for each zone. # zonecfg -z [zonename] info \|grep limitpriv If the output of this command is not: limitpriv: default this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-50331r1_chk )

This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing.

# zonename

If the command output is "global", this check applies.

List the non-global zones on the system.

# zoneadm list -vi | grep -v global

List the configuration for each zone.

# zonecfg -z [zonename] info |grep limitpriv

If the output of this command is not:
limitpriv: default

this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-51507r1_fix)
This check applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this check applies. The Zone Security profile is required: Change the "limitpriv" setting to default. # pfexec zonecfg -z [zone] set limitpriv=default