RHEL-06-000126 - The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol must be disabled unless required.

Information

Disabling RDS protects the system against exploitation of any flaws in its implementation.

Solution

The Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol is a transport layer protocol designed to provide reliable high-bandwidth, low-latency communications between nodes in a cluster. To configure the system to prevent the 'rds' kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to a file in the directory '/etc/modprobe.d':

install rds /bin/true

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_6_V2R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000382, Rule-ID|SV-217936r603264_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-06-000126, STIG-Legacy|SV-50317, STIG-Legacy|V-38516, Vuln-ID|V-217936

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 917982093fb90ee890c9c2cac1bd5e5283125daaf47a819a8102ebd6b0a1beb3