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The system must not respond to ICMP timestamp requests sent to a broadcast address.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22411 GEN003604 SV-26624r2_rule Medium
Description
The processing of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) timestamp requests increases the attack surface of the system. Responding to broadcast ICMP timestamp requests facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 10 X86 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2018-04-10

Details

Check Text ( C-27662r2_chk )
Determine the type of zone that you are currently securing.
# zonename

If the zone is not the global zone, determine if any interfaces are exclusive to the zone:
# dladm show-link

If the output indicates "insufficient privileges" then this requirement is not applicable.

If the zone is the global zone or the non-global zone has exclusive interfaces verify the system does not respond to ICMP timestamp requests set to broadcast addresses.

# ndd /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast

If the result is not 0, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-23867r1_fix)
Configure the system to not respond to ICMP timestamp requests sent to broadcast addresses.
# ndd -set /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast 0
Also add this command to a system startup script.