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Linux: Secure ICMP Redirect (accept)

🗓️ 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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Linux: Secure ICMP Redirect (accept) - Tests if the Linux host is configured to accept Secure ICMP Redirects

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109759");
  script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:09 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-01-24 09:47:09 +0100 (Thu, 24 Jan 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");

  script_name("Linux: Secure ICMP Redirect (accept)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "read_etc_sysctl_d.nasl", "read_and_parse_sysctl.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");

  script_add_preference(name:"Status", type:"radio", value:"Disabled;Enabled", id:1);

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://linux.die.net/man/5/sysctl.conf");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-kernel-etcsysctl-conf-security-hardening/");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Distribution Independent Linux v2.0.0: 3.2.3 Ensure secure ICMP redirects are not accepted (Scored)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS CentOS Linux 8 Benchmark v1.0.0: 3.2.3 Ensure secure ICMP redirects are not accepted (Scored)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Controls Version 7: 5.1 Establish Secure Configurations");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Secure ICMP Redirects, like normal ICMP Redirects, are used to
update a hosts routing information. But Secure ICMP Redirects come from the gateways listed as
default gateways and though are known to the system. An attacker could compromise known gateways to
gain access to the system.

This script tests whether the Linux host is configured to accept Secure ICMP Redirects.");

  exit(0);
}

include("policy_functions.inc");

cmd = "sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects, sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects";
title = "Send ICMP Redirect";
solution = "Set the parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf or a /etc/sysctl.d/* file and run 'sysctl -w SETTING = VALUE'";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = script_get_preference("Status", id:1);

if(get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sysctl/conf/ERROR") ||
   get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sysctl/ssh/ERROR") ) {
  value = "Error";
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "No SSH connection to host";
}else if(get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/sysctl.conf/content/ERROR") ||
         get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sysctl/ERROR") ) {
  value = "Error";
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Can not read /etc/sysctl.conf or run sysctl";
}else{
  sysctl_d_files = get_kb_list("Policy/linux//etc/sysctl.d/*/content");
  content_list = make_list(sysctl_d_files, get_kb_item("Policy/linux//etc/sysctl.conf/content"));

  foreach content (content_list){
    if(content =~ "net\.ipv4\.conf\.all\.secure_redirects\s*=\s*1" ||
       content =~ "net\.ipv4\.conf\.default\.secure_redirects\s*=\s*1"){
      value = "Enabled";
    }
  }

  net_ipv4_conf_all_secure_redirects = get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sysctl/net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects");
  net_ipv4_conf_default_secure_redirects = get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sysctl/net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects");

  if( net_ipv4_conf_all_secure_redirects != "0" ||
      net_ipv4_conf_default_secure_redirects != "0" ) {
    value = "Enabled";
  }

  if(!value)
    value = "Disabled";

  compliant = policy_setting_exact_match(value:value, set_point:default);
}

policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
  type:test_type, test:cmd, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:cmd, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
  value:value, compliant:compliant);

exit(0);

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