SV-37604r1: The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol must be disabled or uninstalled. | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol must be disabled or uninstalled.

Description

Discussion Text

The TIPC protocol is a relatively new cluster communications protocol developed by Ericsson. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the system to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000382CCE-14911-2

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

IA Controls

ECSC-1

References

DPMS Target Red Hat 5 DISA DPMS Target Red Hat 5 2154

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.fso.rhel11:def:408
# The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol must be disabled or uninstalled.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# check for TIPC in /etc/modprobe.conf
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
  grep -Pq '^[ 	

]*install[ 	

]+tipc[ 	

]+/bin/true' '/etc/modprobe.conf' &>/dev/null
}
# check for TIPC in /etc/modprobe.d/*
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_2() {
  grep -rqP --include='*' '^[ 	

]*install[ 	

]+tipc[ 	

]+/bin/true' '/etc/modprobe.d' &>/dev/null
}

if ( test_1 || test_2 ); then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.rhel11:def:408

if grep -q "^[ \t\n\r]*install[ \t\n\r]+tipc[ \t\n\r]+/bin/true" /etc/modprobe.conf || \
   grep -r -q "^[ \t\n\r]*install[ \t\n\r]+tipc[ \t\n\r]+/bin/true" /etc/modprobe.d
then
    echo "FAIL"
    exit 1
else
    echo "PASS"
    exit 0
fi

Remediation

Prevent the TIPC protocol handler for dynamic loading.
# echo "install tipc /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.conf