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V-22511

CAT II (Medium)

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) must be disabled unless required.

Rule ID

SV-45968r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000382

Discussion

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)-standardized transport layer protocol. This protocol is not yet widely used. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the system to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.

Check Content

Verify the SCTP protocol handler is prevented from dynamic loading.
# grep 'install sctp' /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.local /etc/modprobe.d/* | grep ‘/bin/true’

If no result is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Prevent the SCTP protocol handler for dynamic loading.
# echo "install sctp /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.conf.local