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V-282687

CAT II (Medium)

TOSS 5 must log IPv4 packets with impossible addresses.

Rule ID

SV-282687r1201041_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The presence of "martian" packets (which have impossible addresses) as well as spoofed packets, source-routed packets, and redirects could be a sign of nefarious network activity. Logging these packets enables this activity to be detected.

Check Content

Verify TOSS 5 logs IPv4 martian packets using the following command:

$ sudo sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians

net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1

If "net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians" is not set to "1", or a line is not returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure TOSS 5 to log martian packets on IPv4 interfaces.

Add or edit the following line in a single system configuration file, in the "/etc/sysctl.d/" directory:

net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1

Load settings from all system configuration files using the following command:

$ sudo sysctl --system