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V-216637

CAT III (Low)

The Cisco Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) router must be configured to limit the amount of source-active messages it accepts on a per-peer basis.

Rule ID

SV-216637r1117236_rule

STIG

Cisco IOS Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R4

CCIs

CCI-001368

Discussion

To reduce any risk of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack from a rogue or misconfigured MSDP router, the router must be configured to limit the number of source-active messages it accepts from each peer.

Check Content

Review the router configuration to determine if it is configured to limit the amount of source-active messages it accepts on a per-peer basis.

ip msdp peer x.1.28.2 remote-as nn
ip msdp sa-filter in 10.1.28.2 list MSDP_SA_FILTER
ip msdp sa-limit X.1.28.2 nnn

If the router is not configured to limit the source-active messages it accepts, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the router to limit the amount of source-active messages it accepts from each peer.

R8(config)#ip msdp sa-limit x.1.28.2 nnn