Disable SCTP Support

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport layer protocol, designed to support the idea of message-oriented communication, with several streams of messages within one connection. To configure the system to prevent the sctp kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf:

install sctp /bin/false

To configure the system to prevent the sctp from being used, add the following line to file /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf:

blacklist sctp

Rationale

Disabling SCTP protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

ID: xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_kernel_module_sctp_disabled
Severity: Medium
References: 11 14 3 9

5.10.1

BAI10.01 BAI10.02 BAI10.03 BAI10.05 DSS05.02 DSS05.05 DSS06.06

3.4.6

CCI-000381

4.3.3.5.1 4.3.3.5.2 4.3.3.5.3 4.3.3.5.4 4.3.3.5.5 4.3.3.5.6 4.3.3.5.7 4.3.3.5.8 4.3.3.6.1 4.3.3.6.2 4.3.3.6.3 4.3.3.6.4 4.3.3.6.5 4.3.3.6.6 4.3.3.6.7 4.3.3.6.8 4.3.3.6.9 4.3.3.7.1 4.3.3.7.2 4.3.3.7.3 4.3.3.7.4 4.3.4.3.2 4.3.4.3.3

SR 1.1 SR 1.10 SR 1.11 SR 1.12 SR 1.13 SR 1.2 SR 1.3 SR 1.4 SR 1.5 SR 1.6 SR 1.7 SR 1.8 SR 1.9 SR 2.1 SR 2.2 SR 2.3 SR 2.4 SR 2.5 SR 2.6 SR 2.7 SR 7.6

A.12.1.2 A.12.5.1 A.12.6.2 A.14.2.2 A.14.2.3 A.14.2.4 A.9.1.2

CM-6(a) CM-7(a) CM-7(b)

PR.IP-1 PR.PT-3

Req-1.4.2

1.4 1.4.2

SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Updated: 5 days ago

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - CJIS-5.10.1
  - NIST-800-171-3.4.6  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - PCI-DSS-Req-1.4.2
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.4
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.4.2
  - disable_strategy
  - kernel_module_sctp_disabled
  - low_complexity
  - medium_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - reboot_required

- name: Ensure kernel module 'sctp' is disabled
  lineinfile:
    create: true
    dest: /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
    regexp: install\s+sctp
    line: install sctp /bin/false
  when: '"kernel" in ansible_facts.packages'
  tags:
  - CJIS-5.10.1
  - NIST-800-171-3.4.6
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - PCI-DSS-Req-1.4.2
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.4
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.4.2
  - disable_strategy
  - kernel_module_sctp_disabled
  - low_complexity
  - medium_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - reboot_required

- name: Ensure kernel module 'sctp' is blacklisted
  lineinfile:
    create: true
    dest: /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
    regexp: ^blacklist sctp$
    line: blacklist sctp
  when: '"kernel" in ansible_facts.packages'
  tags:
  - CJIS-5.10.1
  - NIST-800-171-3.4.6
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(a)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-7(b)
  - PCI-DSS-Req-1.4.2
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.4
  - PCI-DSSv4-1.4.2
  - disable_strategy
  - kernel_module_sctp_disabled
  - low_complexity
  - medium_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - reboot_required

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel; then

if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^install sctp" /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf ; then
	
	sed -i 's#^install sctp.*#install sctp /bin/false#g' /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.confelse
	echo -e "\n# Disable per security requirements" >> /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
	echo "install sctp /bin/false" >> /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
fi

if ! LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^blacklist sctp$" /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf ; then
	echo "blacklist sctp" >> /etc/modprobe.d/sctp.conf
fi

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

Disable SCTP Support

Description

Rationale

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