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The system must disable TCP reverse IP source routing.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-48201 SOL-11.1-050100 SV-61073r1_rule Low
Description
If enabled, reverse IP source routing would allow an attacker to more easily complete a three-way TCP handshake and spoof new connections.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-03-02

Details

Check Text ( C-50635r1_chk )
Determine if TCP reverse IP source routing is disabled.

# ipadm show-prop -p _rev_src_routes -co current tcp

If the output of this command is not "0", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-51811r1_fix)
The Network Management profile is required.

Disable reverse source routing.

# pfexec ipadm set-prop -p _rev_src_routes=0 tcp