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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 must log IPv4 packets with impossible addresses by default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The presence of "martian" packets (which have impossible addresses) as well as spoofed packets, source-routed packets, and re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must use reverse path filtering on all IPv4 interfaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling reverse path filtering drops packets with source addresses that should not have been able to be received on the inte...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 must prevent IPv4 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages from being accepted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. Thes...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not forward IPv4 source-routed packets by default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Source-routed packets allow the source of the packet to suggest routers forward the packet along a different path than config...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must use a reverse-path filter for IPv4 network traffic when possible by default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling reverse path filtering drops packets with source addresses that should not have been able to be received on the inte...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 must not respond to Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes sent to a broadcast address.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Responding to broadcast (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks. Ignoring ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • RHEL 9 must limit the number of bogus Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) response errors logs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some routers will send responses to broadcast frames that violate RFC-1122, which fills up a log file system with many useles...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. Thes...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not allow interfaces to perform Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects by default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. Thes...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • RHEL 9 must not enable IPv4 packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this c...
    Rule Medium Severity

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