TOSS must not forward IPv6 source-routed packets.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-253127	TOSS-04-040860	SV-253127r825053_rule		Medium

Description
Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than configured on the router, which can be used to bypass network security measures. This requirement applies only to the forwarding of source-routed traffic, such as when forwarding is enabled and the system is functioning as a router.

STIG	Date
Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 4 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-56580r825051_chk )

Verify TOSS does not accept IPv6 source-routed packets. Note: If IPv6 is disabled on the system, this requirement is Not Applicable. Check the value of the accept source route variable with the following command: $ sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0 If the returned line does not have a value of "0", a line is not returned, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56530r825052_fix)
Configure TOSS to not forward IPv6 source-routed packets with the following command: $ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route=0 If "0" is not the system's all value then add or update the following line in the appropriate file under "/etc/sysctl.d": net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route=0