TOSS must ignore IPv6 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages.

ICMP redirect messages are used by routers to inform hosts that a more direct route exists for a particular destination. These messages modify the host's route table and are unauthenticated. An illicit ICMP redirect message could result in a man-in-the-middle attack.

Verify TOSS ignores IPv6 ICMP redirect messages.

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

Check the value of the "accept_redirects" variables with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects

net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0

If the returned line does not have a value of "0", a line is not returned, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Configure TOSS to ignore IPv6 ICMP redirect messages with the following command:

$ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects=0

If "0" is not the system's default value then add or update the following line in the appropriate file under "/etc/sysctl.d":

net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0