Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

The system must use a separate filesystem for /tmp (or equivalent).

Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must use a separate filesystem for /tmp (or equivalent).

Description

Discussion Text

The use of separate filesystems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a filesystem becoming full or failing.

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Objective

V-226902

Rule

SV-226902r603265_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

GEN003624

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Determine if the /tmp path is a separate file system.
# grep /tmp /etc/vfstab
If no result is returned, /tmp is not on a separate file system, this is a finding.
If the returned result indicates that /tmp is mounted on a memory or swap based file system, this is not a finding

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Migrate the /tmp path onto a separate file system.

STIG check 327 of 507 in the Solaris 10 SPARC STIG checklist

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