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V-22552

CAT II (Medium)

The system must use an appropriate reverse-path filter for IPv6 network traffic, if the system uses IPv6.

Rule ID

SV-46104r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-001551

Discussion

Reverse-path filtering provides protection against spoofed source addresses by causing the system to discard packets with source addresses for which the system has no route or if the route does not point towards the interface on which the packet arrived. Depending on the role of the system, reverse-path filtering may cause legitimate traffic to be discarded and, therefore, should be used with a more permissive mode or filter, or not at all. Whenever possible, reverse-path filtering should be used.

Check Content

Reverse Path filtering for IPv6 is not implemented in SLES.

Fix Text

If the system uses IPv6 use an appropriate reverse-path filter for IPV6 network traffic.