SV-37926r1: The system must not be running any routing protocol daemons, unless the system is a router. | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must not be running any routing protocol daemons, unless the system is a router.

Description

Discussion Text

Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this software is used when not required, system network information may be unnecessarily transmitted across the network.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366

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:362
# The system must not be running any routing protocol daemons, unless the system is a router.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.
#
# MANUAL REVIEW REQUIRED -- the module(s) below could not be reconstructed
# into working code from curated SCC reference data, and are excluded from
# the automated result:
#   - runlevel_object (runlevel_test) -- no daemons found: cannot derive an existence probe for this object type

# test for started daemons
# runlevel_object (runlevel_test)
test_1() {
  (find /etc/rc[0-6].d -maxdepth 1 -iname 'S*.*ospf.*|.*route.*|.*bgp.*|.*zebra.*|.*quagga.**' 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && echo true || echo false) | grep -qxF 'false'
}

if ! test_1; then
  echo "PASS (automated portion only -- MANUAL REVIEW still required, see notes above)"
else
  echo "FAIL (or see MANUAL REVIEW note above)"
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:362

if [ ! -d /etc/rc0.d ] && [ ! -d /etc/rc1.d ] && [ ! -d /etc/rc2.d ] && [ ! -d /etc/rc3.d ] && [ ! -d /etc/rc4.d ] && [ ! -d /etc/rc5.d ] && [ ! -d /etc/rc6.d ]; then
  echo "PASS"
  exit 0
fi

if [ -e /etc/init.d/ospfd ] || [ -e /etc/init.d/routed ] || [ -e /etc/init.d/bgpd ] || [ -e /etc/init.d/zebra ] || [ -e /etc/init.d/quagga ]; then
  echo "FAIL"
  exit 1
fi

echo "PASS"
exit 0

Remediation

Disable any routing protocol daemons.