The macOS system must not send IPv6 ICMP redirects by default.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214914	AOSX-13-001211	SV-214914r609363_rule		Medium

Description
ICMP redirects are broadcast to reshape network traffic. A malicious user could use the system to send fake redirect packets and try to force all network traffic to pass through a network sniffer. Disabling ICMP redirect broadcasts mitigates this risk.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.13 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-11-19

Details

Check Text ( C-16114r397314_chk )
To check if the system is configured to send ICMP redirects, run the following command: sysctl net.inet6.ip6.redirect If the values are not set to "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16112r397315_fix)
To configure the system to not send ICMP redirects, add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf", creating the file if necessary: net.inet6.ip6.redirect=0