Log Spoofing Source Routing and Redirect Packets
🗓️ 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130339");
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("Log Spoofing Source Routing and Redirect Packets");
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");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.15 Log Spoofing Source Routing and Redirect Packets (Requirement)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Virtual: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.15 Log Spoofing Source Routing and Redirect Packets (Requirement)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"openEuler Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.5 Kernel: 3.5.15 Log Spoofing Source Routing and Redirect Packets (Requirement)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Logging spoofing, source routing, and redirect packets sent to
the system helps discover attack sources and formulate protection measures.");
exit(0);
}
include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");
title = "Log Spoofing Source Routing and Redirect Packets";
solution = "1. Run the following commands to temporarily enable the logging. After the reboot, the
default values are restored.
# sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1
# sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1
2. Open the /etc/sysctl.conf file, add or modify the following configurations, and run the sysctl
-p /etc/sysctl.conf command to make the configurations take effect permanently.
net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1
net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1";
check_type = "SSH_Cmd";
action = '1. Run the command in the terminal:
# sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians
2. Run the command in the terminal:
# sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians
3. Run the command in the terminal:
# grep "^net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*
4. Run the command in the terminal:
# grep "^net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*';
expected_value = '1. The output should be equal to "net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1"
2. The output should be equal to "net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians = 1"
3. The output should contain "net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1" and not contain "net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=0"
4. The output should contain "net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1" and not contain "net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=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.conf.all.log_martians`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
step_cmd_check_1 = 'sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians';
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.conf.all.log_martians = 1'){
check_result_1 = TRUE;
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK 2 : Verify command `sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
step_cmd_check_2 = 'sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians';
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 == 'net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians = 1'){
check_result_2 = TRUE;
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK 3 : Verify command `grep "^net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
step_cmd_check_3 = 'grep "^net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*';
step_res_check_3 = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd_check_3, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);
actual_value += '3. ' + step_res_check_3 + '\n';
check_result_3 = FALSE;
if(strstr(step_res_check_3, 'net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1') && !strstr(step_res_check_3, 'net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=0')){
check_result_3 = TRUE;
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK 4 : Verify command `grep "^net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*`
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
step_cmd_check_4 = 'grep "^net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians" /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*';
step_res_check_4 = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd_check_4, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);
actual_value += '4. ' + step_res_check_4 + '\n';
check_result_4 = FALSE;
if(strstr(step_res_check_4, 'net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1') && !strstr(step_res_check_4, 'net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=0')){
check_result_4 = 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 && check_result_3 && check_result_4){
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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