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The nosuid option must be configured in the /etc/rmmount.conf file.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-12031 GEN000000-SOL00020 SV-12532r2_rule ECPA-1 Medium
Description
The rmmount.conf file controls the mounting of removable media on a Solaris system. Removable media is not to be trusted with privileged access, and therefore the filesystems must be mounted with the nosuid option, which prevents any executables with the setuid bit set on this filesystem from running with owner privileges.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 9 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2015-09-15

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-11288r2_fix)
Edit /etc/rmmount.conf and add the nosuid mount option to the configuration.