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V-271867

CAT II (Medium)

OL 9 must log IPv4 packets with impossible addresses by default.

Rule ID

SV-271867r1092313_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

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 that OL 9 logs IPv4 martian packets by default.

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

$ sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians
net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians = 1

If the returned line does not have a value of "1", a line is not returned, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure OL 9 to log martian packets on IPv4 interfaces by default.

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

net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1

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

$ sudo sysctl --system