The system must not respond to ICMPv4 echoes sent to a broadcast address.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22410	GEN003603	SV-35025r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Responding to broadcast Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-36503r1_chk )
Verify the system does not respond to ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs set to broadcast addresses. # ndd -get /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast If the result is not 0, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31860r1_fix)
Configure the system to not respond to ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs sent to broadcast addresses. # ndd -set /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast 0 Edit /etc/rc.config.d/nddconf and add/set: TRANSPORT_NAME[x]=ip NDD_NAME[x]=ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast NDD_VALUE[x]=0