Linux: sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward is used to determine whether the system can forward packets
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linuxconfig | www.linuxconfig.org/how-to-turn-on-off-ip-forwarding-in-linux |
linux | www.linux.die.net/man/5/sysctl.conf |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150145");
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:"2020-03-04 15:25:10 +0000 (Wed, 04 Mar 2020)");
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: sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Policy");
script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "read_and_parse_sysctl.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");
script_add_preference(name:"Value", type:"radio", value:"0;1", id:1);
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://linux.die.net/man/5/sysctl.conf");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-turn-on-off-ip-forwarding-in-linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"IP forwarding is used to determine which path a packet can be
sent over multiple networks. The 'net.ipv4.ip_forward' parameter on Linux systems is used to
determine whether the system can forward packets.
Note: This scripts looks for 'net.ipv4.ip_forward' setting in 'sysctl -a'.");
exit(0);
}
include("policy_functions.inc");
cmd = "sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward";
title = "sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward";
solution = "sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=[0,1]";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = script_get_preference("Value", id:1);
if(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/sysctl/ERROR")){
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Can not run sysctl command";
}else{
if(!value = get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sysctl/net.ipv4.ip_forward")){
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Could not find setting with sysctl";
}else{
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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