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The system must disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-216131 SOL-11.1-050010 SV-216131r603268_rule Low
Description
This parameter must be disabled to reduce the risk of denial of service attacks.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-11-23

Details

Check Text ( C-17369r372775_chk )
Determine if directed broadcast packet forwarding is disabled.

# ipadm show-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts -co current ip

If the output of this command is not "0", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-17367r372776_fix)
The Network Management profile is required.

Disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.

# pfexec ipadm set-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts=0 ip