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Log Suspicious Packets

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7.2.4 Log Suspicious Packets (Scored)

Profile Applicability

  • Level 1

Description

When enabled, this feature logs packets with un-routable source addresses to the kernel log.

Rationale

Enabling this feature and logging these packets allows an administrator to investigate the possibility that an attacker is sending spoofed packets to their server.

Audit Procedure

Using Command Line

Perform the following to determine if suspicious packets are logged.

/sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians
/sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians

Expected Result

net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians = 1

Remediation

Using Command Line

Set the net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians and net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians parameters to 1 in /etc/sysctl.conf:

net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1
net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1

Modify active kernel parameters to match:

/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1
/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1
/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.route.flush=1

Default Value

Logging of suspicious packets is disabled by default.

References

  • CIS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server Benchmark v1.1.0

Profile

Level 1 - Scored