Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-38515 | RHEL-06-000125 | SV-50316r4_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Disabling SCTP protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation. |
STIG | Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2017-04-28 |
Check Text ( None ) |
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None |
Fix Text (F-43462r3_fix) |
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The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with several streams of messages within one connection. To configure the system to prevent the "sctp" kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to a file in the directory "/etc/modprobe.d": install sctp /bin/true |