RHEL 9 must limit the number of bogus Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) response errors logs.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Some routers will send responses to broadcast frames that violate RFC-1122, which fills up a log file system with many useless error messages. An attacker may take advantage of this and attempt to flood the logs with bogus error logs. Ignoring bogus ICMP error responses reduces log size, although some activity would not be logged.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-257967r991589_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to not log bogus ICMP errors:
Add or edit the following line in a single system configuration file, in the "/etc/sysctl.d/" directory:
net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1