Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-38528 | RHEL-06-000088 | SV-50329r2_rule | Low |
Description |
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The presence of "martian" packets (which have impossible addresses) as well as spoofed packets, source-routed packets, and redirects could be a sign of nefarious network activity. Logging these packets enables this activity to be detected. |
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-43476r1_fix) |
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To set the runtime status of the "net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians" kernel parameter, run the following command: # sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1 If this is not the system's default value, add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf": net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1 |