The system must not accept ICMPv4 redirect packets on any interface.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-50971	OL6-00-000084	SV-65177r2_rule		Medium

Description
Accepting ICMP redirects has few legitimate uses. It should be disabled unless it is absolutely required.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-53423r2_chk )
The status of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects" kernel parameter can be queried by running the following command: $ sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects The output of the command should indicate a value of "0". If this value is not the default value, investigate how it could have been adjusted at runtime, and verify it is not set improperly in "/etc/sysctl.conf". $ grep net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects /etc/sysctl.conf If the correct value is not returned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-53423r2_chk )

The status of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects" kernel parameter can be queried by running the following command:

$ sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects

The output of the command should indicate a value of "0". If this value is not the default value, investigate how it could have been adjusted at runtime, and verify it is not set improperly in "/etc/sysctl.conf".

$ grep net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects /etc/sysctl.conf

If the correct value is not returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-55775r1_fix)
To set the runtime status of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects" kernel parameter, run the following command: # sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects=0 If this is not the system's default value, add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf": net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0