The system must not apply reversed source routing to TCP responses.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003605-ESXI5-PF	GEN003605-ESXI5-PF	GEN003605-ESXI5-PF_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. Applicable, but permanent finding - The hypervisor does not support this functionality (No ndd network tuning facility).

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003605-ESXI5-PF_chk )
ESXi does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN003605-ESXI5-PF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented but this finding cannot be considered fixed.