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V-271880

CAT II (Medium)

OL 9 must not enable IPv6 packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

Rule ID

SV-271880r1092352_rule

STIG

Oracle Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

IP forwarding permits the kernel to forward packets from one network interface to another. The ability to forward packets between two networks is only appropriate for systems acting as routers.

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Note: If IPv6 is disabled on the system, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify that OL 9 is not performing IPv6 packet forwarding, unless the system is a router.

Check that IPv6 forwarding is disabled using the following commands:

$ sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0

If the IPv6 forwarding value is not "0" and is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure OL 9 to not allow IPv6 packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

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

net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0

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

$ sudo sysctl --system