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1.427 RHEL-10-800260

Information

RHEL 10 must not accept router advertisements on all Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) interfaces by default.

GROUP ID: V-281358
RULE ID: SV-281358r1167224

An illicit router advertisement message could result in a man-in-the-middle attack.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186, SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00089

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to not accept router advertisements on all IPv6 interfaces by default, unless the system is a router.

Create a configuration file if it does not already exist:

$ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.d/ipv6_accept_ra.conf

Add the following line to the file:

net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra = 0

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(8), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001113, CCI|CCI-002385, Rule-ID|SV-281358r1167224_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-800260, Vuln-ID|V-281358

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a310d6d9f646c928394048e5ff6e6373eec69a4f9665c90d9361f6840b4dffd2