The Photon operating system must prevent IPv4 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages from being accepted.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256569	PHTN-30-000100	SV-256569r887381_rule		Medium

Description
ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. These messages modify the host's route table and are unauthenticated. An illicit ICMP redirect message could result in a man-in-the-middle attack.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-60244r887379_chk )

At the command line, run the following command: # /sbin/sysctl -a --pattern "net.ipv4.conf.(all|default|eth.*).accept_redirects" Expected result: net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects = 0 net.ipv4.conf.eth0.accept_redirects = 0 If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding. Note: The number of "ethx" lines returned is dependent on the number of interfaces. Every "ethx" entry must be set to "0".

Fix Text (F-60187r887380_fix)
At the command line, run the following command: # for SETTING in $(/sbin/sysctl -aN --pattern "net.ipv4.conf.(all|default|eth.*).accept_redirects"); do sed -i -e "/^${SETTING}/d" /etc/sysctl.conf;echo $SETTING=0>>/etc/sysctl.conf; done # /sbin/sysctl --load