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Ignore All ICMP Requests

🗓️ 07 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# METADATA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130333");
  script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-07 11:44:20 +0000 (Wed, 07 May 2025)");
  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("Ignore All ICMP Requests");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "compliance_os_check.nasl");

  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch", "policy/ssh/login/euleros_eulerosvirtual_openeuler_hce");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.9 Ignore All ICMP Requests (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Virtual: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.9 Ignore All ICMP Requests (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"HCE Linux (Huawei Cloud EulerOS): openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.9 Ignore All ICMP Requests (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"openEuler Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.9 Ignore All ICMP Requests (Recommendation)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ignoring all ICMP requests to prohibit external systems from
running the ping command to detect the system location.

Attackers can detect the URL of the system based on the returned result of the ping command.");

  exit(0);
}

include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");

title = "Ignore All ICMP Requests";

solution = "Run the following command to ignore all ICMP requests:

# sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1

Open the /etc/sysctl.conf file and add or modify the following configuration:

net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1";

check_type = "SSH_Cmd";

action = '1. Run the command in the terminal:
# sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all

2. Run the command in the terminal:
# grep -E "^\\s*net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*';

expected_value = '1. The output should be equal to "net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1"
2. The output should not be empty and not contain "net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=0"';

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTION CHECK
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(!get_kb_item("login/SSH/success") || !sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection()){

  report_ssh_error(title: title,
                   solution: solution,
                   action: action,
                   expected_value: expected_value,
                   check_type: check_type);
  exit(0);
}

overall_pass = FALSE;
actual_value = "";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK 1 :  Verify command `sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd_check_1 = 'sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all';
step_res_check_1 = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd_check_1, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);
actual_value += '1. ' + step_res_check_1 + '\n';
check_result_1 = FALSE;

if(step_res_check_1 == 'net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1'){
  check_result_1 = TRUE;
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK 2 :  Verify command `grep -E "^\\s*net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd_check_2 = 'grep -E "^\\s*net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*';
step_res_check_2 = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd_check_2, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);
actual_value += '2. ' + step_res_check_2 + '\n';
check_result_2 = FALSE;

if(step_res_check_2 && !strstr(step_res_check_2, 'net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=0')){
  check_result_2 = TRUE;
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# FINAL RESULT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(eregmatch(string: actual_value, pattern:"(No such file or directory|Permission denied|Command not found|Segmentation fault|service not found|is not running|syntax error near unexpected token|syntax error: unexpected end of file)", icase: TRUE)){
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Something went wrong during the some audit check. Please try again.";
}
else if(check_result_1 && check_result_2){
  compliant = "yes";
  comment = "All checks passed";
}else{
  compliant = "no";
  comment = "One or more checks failed";
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

target = get_kb_item("policy/ssh/login/os-release");
comment = "Target: " + target + "\n" + comment;

report_audit(action: action,
             actual_value: actual_value,
             expected_value: expected_value,
             is_compliant: compliant,
             solution: solution,
             check_type: check_type,
             title: title,
             comment: comment);

exit(0);

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