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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must disable directed broadcast packet forwarding.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This parameter must be disabled to reduce the risk of denial of service attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must not respond to ICMP timestamp requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By accurately determining the system's clock state, an attacker can more effectively attack certain time-based pseudorandom n...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must not respond to ICMP broadcast timestamp requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By accurately determining the system's clock state, an attacker can more effectively attack certain time-based pseudorandom n...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must not respond to ICMP broadcast netmask requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By determining the netmasks of various computers in your network, an attacker can better map your subnet structure and infer ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must not respond to broadcast ICMP echo requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ICMP echo requests can be useful for reconnaissance of systems and for denial of service attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;F...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must not respond to multicast echo requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Multicast echo requests can be useful for reconnaissance of systems and for denial of service attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must ignore ICMP redirect messages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Ignoring ICMP redirect messages reduces the likelihood of denial of service attacks.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must set strict multihoming.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;These settings control whether a packet arriving on a non-forwarding interface can be accepted for an IP address that is not ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must disable ICMP redirect messages.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A malicious user can exploit the ability of the system to send ICMP redirects by continually sending packets to the system, f...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The system must disable TCP reverse IP source routing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If enabled, reverse IP source routing would allow an attacker to more easily complete a three-way TCP handshake and spoof new...
    Rule Low Severity

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