The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not allow interfaces to perform Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects by default.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-204616	RHEL-07-040650	SV-204616r880818_rule		Medium

Description
ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. These messages contain information from the system's route table, possibly revealing portions of the network topology.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-12-06

Details

Check Text ( C-4740r880816_chk )
Verify the system does not allow interfaces to perform IPv4 ICMP redirects by default. # grep -r net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects /run/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.d/* /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/* /usr/lib/sysctl.d/* /lib/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.conf 2> /dev/null If "net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects" is not configured in the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file or in any of the other sysctl.d directories, is commented out or does not have a value of "0", this is a finding. Check that the operating system implements the "default send_redirects" variables with the following command: # /sbin/sysctl -a \| grep net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 0 If the returned line does not have a value of "0", this is a finding. If conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-4740r880816_chk )

Verify the system does not allow interfaces to perform IPv4 ICMP redirects by default.

# grep -r net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects /run/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.d/* /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/* /usr/lib/sysctl.d/* /lib/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.conf 2> /dev/null

If "net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects" is not configured in the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file or in any of the other sysctl.d directories, is commented out or does not have a value of "0", this is a finding.

Check that the operating system implements the "default send_redirects" variables with the following command:

# /sbin/sysctl -a | grep net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 0

If the returned line does not have a value of "0", this is a finding.

If conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-4740r880817_fix)
Configure the system to not allow interfaces to perform IPv4 ICMP redirects by default. Set the system to the required kernel parameter by adding the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf" or a configuration file in the /etc/sysctl.d/ directory (or modify the line to have the required value): net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 0 Issue the following command to make the changes take effect: # sysctl --system

Fix Text (F-4740r880817_fix)

Configure the system to not allow interfaces to perform IPv4 ICMP redirects by default.

Set the system to the required kernel parameter by adding the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf" or a configuration file in the /etc/sysctl.d/ directory (or modify the line to have the required value):

net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 0

Issue the following command to make the changes take effect:

# sysctl --system