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The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) must be disabled unless required.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22511 GEN007020 SV-26186r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is an IETF-standardized transport layer protocol. This protocol is not yet widely used. 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
VMware ESX 3 Server 2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-29281r1_chk )
If there is no SCTP protocol handler for the system, this is not applicable.
Determine if the system is configured to prevent the dynamic loading of the SCTP protocol handler. If not, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-26313r1_fix)
Configure the system to prevent the dynamic loading of the SCTP protocol handler.