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1.417 RHEL-10-800160

Information

RHEL 10 must use a reverse-path filter for Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) network traffic when possible by default.

GROUP ID: V-281348RULE ID: SV-281348r1167194

Enabling reverse path filtering drops packets with source addresses that should not have been able to be received on the interface on which they were received. It must not be used on systems that are routers for complicated networks but is helpful for end hosts and routers serving small networks.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186, SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00079

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to use reverse path filtering on IPv4 interfaces by default.

Create a configuration file if it does not already exist:

$ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.d/ipv4_rp_filter.conf

Add the following line to the file:

net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1

Reload settings from all system configuration files with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl --system

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-5, 800-53|SC-7(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001103, CCI|CCI-002385, Rule-ID|SV-281348r1167194_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-800160, Vuln-ID|V-281348

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 67d26535a1afd36fd91c93b99925524887f4c4561752b666224e9767c236019b