RHEL-06-000127 - The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol must be disabled unless required.

Information

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

Solution

The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is designed to provide communications between nodes in a cluster. To configure the system to prevent the 'tipc' kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to a file in the directory '/etc/modprobe.d':

install tipc /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|II, CCI|CCI-000382, Rule-ID|SV-217937r603264_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-06-000127, STIG-Legacy|SV-50318, STIG-Legacy|V-38517, Vuln-ID|V-217937

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 18fd4c7227d76f3e179025bfa8b233c3a24507ae7d2114a4e89de6c5ae5663c3