Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-38548 | RHEL-06-000099 | SV-50349r3_rule | Medium |
Description |
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An illicit ICMP redirect message could result in a man-in-the-middle attack. |
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-43496r1_fix) |
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To set the runtime status of the "net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects" kernel parameter, run the following command: # sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects=0 If this is not the system's default value, add the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf": net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0 |