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The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol must be disabled or not installed unless required.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22530 GEN007480 SV-45975r1_rule Medium
Description
The RDS protocol is a relatively new protocol developed by Oracle for communication between the nodes of a cluster. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the system to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-43257r1_chk )
Ask the SA if RDS is required by application software running on the system. If so, this is not applicable.

Verify the RDS protocol handler is prevented from dynamic loading.
# grep 'install rds' /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.local /etc/modprobe.d/* | grep ‘/bin/true’

If no result is returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-39340r1_fix)
Prevent the RDS protocol handler for dynamic loading.
# echo "install rds /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.conf.local