The system must not accept IPv4 source-routed packets by default.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-208857	OL6-00-000089	SV-208857r793642_rule		Medium

Description
Accepting source-routed packets in the IPv4 protocol has few legitimate uses. It should be disabled unless it is absolutely required.

STIG	Date
Oracle Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-12-03

Details

Check Text ( C-9110r357551_chk )

The status of the "net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route" kernel parameter can be queried by running the following command: $ sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route 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.default.accept_source_route /etc/sysctl.conf If the correct value is not returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-9110r357552_fix)
To set the runtime status of the "net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route" kernel parameter, run the following command: # sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route=0 If this is not the system's default value, add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf": net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0