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RHEL-10-800250 RHEL 10 must not enable Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

DISA STIG library V1R3
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to SC-5, SC-7(8) via CCI-002385, CCI-001112

Title

RHEL 10 must not enable Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet forwarding unless the system is a router.

Control

Note: If IPv6 is disabled on the system, this requirement is not applicable. Verify RHEL 10 is not performing IPv6 packet forwarding unless the system is a router. Check the value of the "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" variable with the following command: $ sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0 If "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" is not set to "0" or is missing, this is a finding.

Discussion

IP forwarding permits the kernel to forward packets from one network interface to another. The ability to forward packets between two networks is only appropriate for systems acting as routers. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186, SRG-OS-000142-GPOS-00088

Related controls

CCI-001112, CCI-002385

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to not allow IPv6 packet forwarding unless the system is a router. Create a configuration file if it does not already exist: $ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.d/ipv6_forwarding.conf Add the following line to the file: net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0 Reload settings from all system configuration files with the following command: $ sudo sysctl --system