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Disable DCCP Support

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) is a relatively new transport layer protocol, designed to support streaming media and telephony. To configure the system to prevent the dccp kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf:

install dccp /bin/true

Rationale

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

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_kernel_module_dccp_disabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 "^install dccp" /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf ; then
	
	sed -i 's#^install dccp.*#install dccp /bin/true#g' /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf

Remediation - Kubernetes Patch

---
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Ensure kernel module 'dccp' is disabled
  lineinfile:
    create: true
    dest: /etc/modprobe.d/dccp.conf
    regexp: install\s+dccp
    line: install dccp /bin/false