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V-221096

CAT III (Low)

The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to have Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) disabled on all external interfaces.

Rule ID

SV-221096r999705_rule

STIG

Cisco NX OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R4

CCIs

CCI-002403

Discussion

LLDP is a neighbor discovery protocol used to advertise device capabilities, configuration information, and device identity. LLDP is media-and-protocol-independent as it runs over layer 2; therefore, two network nodes that support different layer 3 protocols can still learn about each other. Allowing LLDP messages to reach external network nodes provides an attacker a method to obtain information of the network infrastructure that can be useful to plan an attack.

Check Content

Step 1: Verify LLDP is not enabled globally via the command feature lldp.

By default the LLDP feature is not enabled. If LLDP is enabled, proceed to Step 2.

Step 2: Verify LLDP is not enabled on any external interface as shown in the example below:

interface Ethernet2/2
 description link to DISN
 no switchport
 no lldp transmit

Note: LLDP is enabled by default on all interfaces once it is enabled globally; hence the command lldp transmit will not be visible on the interface configuration.

If LLDP transmit is enabled on any external interface, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Disable LLDP transmit on all external interfaces as shown in the example below:

SW2(config)# int e2/2
SW2(config-if)# no lldp transmit 
SW2(config-if)# end