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V-217288

CAT II (Medium)

The SUSE operating system must not forward Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) source-routed packets.

Rule ID

SV-217288r991589_rule

STIG

SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

V-81803

Discussion

Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest that routers forward the packet along a different path than configured on the router, which can be used to bypass network security measures. This requirement applies only to the forwarding of source-routed traffic, such as when IPv4 forwarding is enabled and the system is functioning as a router.

Check Content

Verify the SUSE operating system does not accept IPv6 source-routed packets.

Check the value of the accept source route variable with the following command:

# sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0

If the returned line does not have a value of "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the SUSE operating system to not accept IPv6 source-routed packets by adding the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf" (or modify the line to have the required value):

net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0

Run the following command to apply this value:

# sysctl --system