The SUSE operating system must not allow interfaces to send Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages by default.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-217294	SLES-12-030410	SV-217294r603262_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
SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-09-13

Details

Check Text ( C-18522r370038_chk )
Verify the SUSE operating system does not allow interfaces to perform IPv4 ICMP redirects by default. Check the value of the "default send_redirects" variables with the following command: # sysctl 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.

Fix Text (F-18520r370039_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating 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 modify the line to have the required value): net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects=0 Run the following command to apply this value: # sysctl --system