Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-22414 | GEN003607 | SV-37622r1_rule | ECSC-1 | Medium |
Description |
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Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest routers forward the packet along a different path than configured on the router, which can be used to bypass network security measures. This requirement applies only to the handling of source-routed traffic destined to the system itself, not to traffic forwarded by the system to another system, such as when IPv4 forwarding is enabled and the system is functioning as a router. |
STIG | Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2014-01-09 |
Check Text ( C-36821r1_chk ) |
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Verify the system does not accept source-routed IPv4 packets. Procedure: # grep [01] /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/accept_source_route|egrep "default|all" If all of the resulting lines do not end with "0", this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-31659r1_fix) |
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Configure the system to not accept source-routed IPv4 packets. Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add a setting for "net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route=0" and "net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route=0". Reload the sysctls. Procedure: # sysctl -p |