STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 04 May 2021:

Source routing must be configured to the highest protection level to prevent Internet Protocol (IP) source routing.

DISA Rule

SV-224917r569186_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-224917

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

WN16-CC-000050

Severity

CAT III

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> MSS (Legacy) >> "MSS: (DisableIPSourceRouting) IP source routing protection level (protects against packet spoofing)" to "Enabled" with "Highest protection, source routing is completely disabled" selected.

This policy setting requires the installation of the MSS-Legacy custom templates included with the STIG package. "MSS-Legacy.admx" and "MSS-Legacy.adml" must be copied to the \Windows\PolicyDefinitions and \Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US directories respectively.

Check Contents

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\

Value Name: DisableIPSourceRouting

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000002 (2)

Vulnerability Number

V-224917

Documentable

False

Rule Version

WN16-CC-000050

Severity Override Guidance

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding.

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\

Value Name: DisableIPSourceRouting

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000002 (2)

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4205

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