The Oracle Linux operating system must ignore Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-221879 | OL07-00-040641 | SV-221879r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | 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 | |||
| Oracle Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-221879r991589_chk)
Verify the system ignores IPv4 ICMP redirect messages.
# grep -r net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects /run/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.d/* /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/* /usr/lib/sysctl.d/* /lib/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.conf 2> /dev/null
If "net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects" is not configured in the /etc/sysctl.conf file or in any of the other sysctl.d directories, is commented out, or does not have a value of "0", this is a finding.
Check that the operating system implements the "accept_redirects" variables with the following command:
# /sbin/sysctl -a | grep net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
If the returned line does not have a value of "0", this is a finding.
If conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-23583r880653_fix)
Set the system to ignore IPv4 ICMP redirect messages by adding the following line to "/etc/sysctl.conf" or a configuration file in the /etc/sysctl.d/ directory (or modify the line to have the required value):
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0
Issue the following command to make the changes take effect:
# sysctl --system