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The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) must be disabled or not installed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-240423 VRAU-SL-000510 SV-240423r671010_rule Medium
Description
The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is a relatively new cluster communications protocol developed by Ericsson. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the kernel to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.
STIG Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-06-24

Details

Check Text ( C-43656r671008_chk )
Verify the TIPC protocol handler is prevented from dynamic loading:

# grep "install tipc /bin/true" /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.local /etc/modprobe.d/*

If no result is returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-43615r671009_fix)
Prevent the TIPC protocol handler for dynamic loading:

# echo "install tipc /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.conf.local