Vulnerability Discussion

An illicit router advertisement message could result in a man-in-the-middle attack.

Check

Note: If IPv6 is disabled on the system, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify that OL 9 does not accept router advertisements on all IPv6 interfaces by default unless the system is a router.

Determine if router advertisements are not accepted by default by using the following command:

$ sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra
net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra = 0

If the "accept_ra" value is not "0" and is not documented with the information system security officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure OL 9 to not accept router advertisements on all IPv6 interfaces by default unless the system is a router.

Add or edit the following line in a single system configuration file in the "/etc/sysctl.d/" directory:

net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra = 0

Load settings from all system configuration files with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl --system