Deny TCP reverse path check

bma · ‎08-02-2007

Hi I get following message from PIX ver 7.0:

PIX-1-106021: Deny TCP reverse path check from 192.168.0.150 to 192.168.0.250 on interface dmz

106021: Someone is attempting to spoof an IP address on an inbound connection. Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (Unicast RPF), also known as reverse route lookup, detected a packet that does not have a source address represented by a route and assumes that it is part of an attack on your firewall.

but extraly, we have virtual ip with netscaler in the dmz, then do http://virtual ip address, from 192.168.0.150, phisical server ip is 192.168.0.250. How to fix or disable Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding? if disable, what is happend?

Thanks

ben

srue · ‎08-02-2007

look for the following command in your config:

ip verify reverse-path interface ....

Although, it'd be best to figure out what was causing the log message. Basically the message means the dmz interface received a packet with the source address matching a known inside network address.

bma · ‎08-02-2007

Thanks

Because issue, people cannot access web server with virtual address.

What should be impacted if disable ip verify reverse-path?

ben

srue · ‎08-02-2007

its intended as a security feature to prevent address spoofing.

should be no impact if you disable it.

sonybabu2k1 · ‎09-27-2011

hi,

Try adding a static route to the source IP towards the interface through which it comes. so that a route is present for that IP.

Sony

vipulagrawal · ‎09-07-2012

Guys,

Need a serious help for this antispoofing issue :

Sep 6 14:19:42 vrd-swi-asa-01-pri %ASA-6-302013: Built inbound TCP connection 25447904 for IP-PBX-WAN:10.98.2.12/49383 (10.98.2.12/49383) to Mitel-Front:172.20.128.5/7011 (172.20.128.5/7011)

Sep 6 14:19:42 vrd-swi-asa-01-pri %ASA-6-302014: Teardown TCP connection 25447903 for IP-PBX-WAN:10.98.2.12/49382 to Mitel-Front:172.20.128.5/7011 duration 0:00:00 bytes 6845 TCP FINs

Sep 6 15:09:38 vrd-swi-asa-01-pri %ASA-1-106021: Deny TCP reverse path check from 10.98.2.12 to 172.40.0.1 on interface Corp-WAN

These are the logs of my WAN firewall..Problem here is traffic originating from 10.98.2.12 when hitting to 172.40.0.1 is getting denied, while hitting to any other destination is allowed.

I think "ip verify reverse path" check the source IP is coming from correct interface or not, here it is coming from IP-PBX-WAN for all other traffic but why not for 172.40.0.1 ?

Please suggest.

oszkari · ‎09-09-2012

"Ip verify reverse path" checks two things:

1. is a route present for that specific source?

2. is the packet comming on the right interface?

I would suggest to check the routing to exclude possible assymetic routing issues. If everything looks alright then it might be a real spoofing attack.

HTH