The system must not respond to ICMPv4 echoes sent to a broadcast address.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-227796	GEN003603	SV-227796r603266_rule		Medium

Description
Responding to broadcast Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.

STIG	Date
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-29958r489742_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 ECHO_REQUESTs set to broadcast addresses. # ndd /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast If the result is not 0, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-29958r489742_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 ECHO_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-29946r489743_fix)
Configure the system to not respond to ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs sent to broadcast addresses. # ndd -set /dev/ip ip_respond_to_echo_broadcast 0 Also add this command to a system startup script.