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Proxy Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) must not be enabled on SLES for vRealize.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239546 VROM-SL-000635 SV-239546r662089_rule Medium
Description
Proxy Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) allows a system to respond to NDP requests on one interface on behalf of hosts connected to another interface. If this function is enabled when not required, addressing information may be leaked between the attached network segments.
STIG Date
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide 2023-09-21

Details

Check Text ( C-42779r662087_chk )
Determine if SLES for vRealize has proxy "NDP", and if it is enabled:

# more /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/*/proxy_ndp

If the file is not found, the kernel does not have proxy "NDP", this is not a finding.

If the file has a value of "0", proxy "NDP" is not enabled, this is not a finding.

If the file has a value of "1", proxy NDP is enabled, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42738r662088_fix)
Disable proxy "NDP" on the system.

For Appliance OS, "proxy_ndp" is disabled by default.