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Bug #2073

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APIPA broadcasts forwarded by route-to

Added by Chris Buechler almost 13 years ago. Updated about 5 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Operating System
Target version:
2.2
Start date:
01/05/2012
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Affected Version:
All
Affected Architecture:

Description

If there is a host with an APIPA IP sending broadcasts that match a route-to rule, the traffic gets forwarded by route-to. antispoof should block that scenario, since that IP subnet isn't defined on the source interface. We should change route-to should never forward anything destined to a broadcast MAC address to prevent such scenarios.

To work around, just add a rule to block APIPA, 169.254.0.0/16. Or ideally don't use overly permissive rulesets, the default rules will not permit this to happen.

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 #1

Updated by Chris Buechler over 12 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)
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 #2

Updated by Chris Buechler about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Resolved
  • Target version set to 2.2

fixed by implementing the appropriate behavior per RFC 3927 - block it.

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 #3

Updated by Brandon Jackson almost 8 years ago

Except with no way to disable this rule, this can affect bridged interfaces, and since the rule is processed so far in advance you can not make a rule to allow said traffic without giving up filtering the bridge completely. Also can cause spam to the default block log.

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 #4

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 8 years ago

There is no GUI knob to disable it, but there is a setting. You can set it in the config.xml directly or via PHP (e.g. Diag > Command, PHP Execute box):

$config['system']['no_apipa_block'] = true;
write_config("Disable APIPA Blocking rule");
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 #5

Updated by Brandon Jackson almost 8 years ago

Jim Pingle wrote:

There is no GUI knob to disable it, but there is a setting. You can set it in the config.xml directly or via PHP (e.g. Diag > Command, PHP Execute box):

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Alright ill try that, seems reasonable.

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