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The IPS must block malicious Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets by properly configuring ICMP signatures and rules.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-206894SRG-NET-000273-IDPS-00204SV-206894r1137743_ruleCCI-001312medium
Description
ICMP messages are used to provide feedback about problems in the network. These messages are sent back to the sender to support diagnostics; however, some messages can also provide host information, network topology, and a covert channel that may be exploited by an attacker. Given the prevalence of ICMP traffic on the network, monitoring for malicious ICMP traffic would be cumbersome. Vendors provide signatures and rules which filter for known ICMP traffic exploits.
STIGDate
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Security Requirements Guide2025-09-22

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

TDA-19Error Handling
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (19) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-10Non-repudiation
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00
AU-3(1)Additional Audit Information
1.00
AU-9Protection of Audit Information
1.00
CM-3(5)Automated Security Response
1.00
CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records
1.00

+9 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001312
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-206894r1137743_chk)

If the device being reviewed is an IDS, this is not applicable. Verify the IPS blocks malicious ICMP packets by properly configuring ICMP signatures and rules. If the IPS does not block malicious ICMP packets by properly configuring ICMP signatures and rules, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7148r1137742_fix)

Configure the IPS to block malicious ICMP packets by properly configuring ICMP signatures and rules.