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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38526	RHEL-06-000086	SV-50327r2_rule		Medium

Description
Accepting "secure" ICMP redirects (from those gateways listed as default gateways) has few legitimate uses. It should be disabled unless it is absolutely required.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-07-22

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-43474r1_fix)
To set the runtime status of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects" kernel parameter, run the following command: # sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects=0 If this is not the system's default value, add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf": net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects = 0