set-sysctl-challenge-ack.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# Author : Jon Zobrist <jon@jonzobrist.com>
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# Purpose : Script to set net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit to something random
# This helps mitigate CVE-2016-5696
# THIS IS NOT A FIX FOR CVE-2016-5696
# https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity16/sec16_paper_cao.pdf


unset TCAL
TCAL=$(grep net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit /etc/sysctl.conf)
if [ ! "${TCAL}" ]
 then
    if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]
     then
        echo "Setting does not exist in /etc/sysctl.conf, re-run as root to set"
        exit 0
    fi
    echo "Setting does not exist in /etc/sysctl.conf, adding:"
    LIMIT=$(echo "999999999 - ${RANDOM} * ${RANDOM}" | bc)
    echo "net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit = ${LIMIT}" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
    sudo sysctl -p
else echo "Setting exists in /etc/sysctl.conf"
    grep -n net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit /etc/sysctl.conf
fi