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V-282689

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must use reverse path filtering on all IPv4 interfaces.

Rule ID

SV-282689r1201344_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Enabling reverse path filtering drops packets with source addresses that should not have been able to be received on the interface on which they were received. It must not be used on systems that are routers for complicated networks but is helpful for end hosts and routers serving small networks.

Check Content

Verify TOSS 5 uses reverse path filtering on all IPv4 interfaces using the following command:

$ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter

net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1

If the returned line does not have a value of "1", or a line is not returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure TOSS 5 to use reverse path filtering on all IPv4 interfaces. 

Add or edit the following line in a single system configuration file, in the "/etc/sysctl.d/" directory:

net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1

Reload the system configuration files for the changes to take effect.

$ sudo sysctl --system