The system must disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.
Overview
| Finding ID |
Version |
Rule ID |
IA Controls |
Severity |
| V-216131 |
SOL-11.1-050010 |
SV-216131r959010_rule |
|
Low |
| Description |
| This parameter must be disabled to reduce the risk of denial of service attacks. |
Details
| Check Text (C-17369r372775_chk) |
Determine if directed broadcast packet forwarding is disabled.
# ipadm show-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts -co current ip
If the output of this command is not "0", this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-17367r372776_fix) |
The Network Management profile is required.
Disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.
# pfexec ipadm set-prop -p _forward_directed_broadcasts=0 ip |