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Process core dumps must be disabled unless needed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-48021 SOL-11.1-080040 SV-60893r1_rule Medium
Description
Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Process core dump files can be of significant size and their use can result in file systems filling to capacity, which may result in denial of service. Process core dumps can be useful for software debugging.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-50457r1_chk )
Check the process core dump configuration.
# coreadm | grep enabled

If any lines are returned by coreadm, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-51633r1_fix)
The Maintenance and Repair profile is required.

Change the process core dump configuration to disable core dumps globally and on a per process basis.

# coreadm -d global
# coreadm -d process
# coreadm -d global-setid
# coreadm -d proc-setid
# coreadm -d log