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Cisco IOS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R3

Benchmark ID

Cisco_IOS_Switch_RTR_STIG

Total Checks

53

Tags

networkmobile
CAT I: 4CAT II: 38CAT III: 11

This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DOD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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V-220419MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information within the network based on organization-defined information flow control policies.V-220423MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enable routing protocol authentication using FIPS 198-1 algorithms with keys not exceeding 180 days of lifetime.V-220424LOWThe Cisco switch must be configured to have all inactive Layer 3 interfaces disabled.V-220427MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must not be configured to have any zero-touch deployment feature enabled when connected to an operational network.V-220428HIGHThe Cisco switch must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing control plane protection.V-220431MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to have gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.V-220432LOWThe Cisco switch must be configured to have IP directed broadcast disabled on all interfaces.V-220433MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) unreachable messages disabled on all external interfaces.V-220434MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) mask reply messages disabled on all external interfaces.V-220435MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages disabled on all external interfaces.V-220436LOWThe Cisco switch must be configured to log all packets that have been dropped at interfaces via an access control list (ACL).V-220437MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.V-220438MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.V-220439LOWThe Cisco switch must be configured to disable the auxiliary port unless it is connected to a secured modem providing encryption and authentication.V-220440HIGHThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to deny network traffic by default and allow network traffic by exception.V-220441MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information between interconnected networks in accordance with applicable policy.V-220442MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to only allow incoming communications from authorized sources to be routed to authorized destinations.V-220443MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block inbound packets with source Bogon IP address prefixes.V-220445MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to filter traffic destined to the enclave in accordance with the guidelines contained in DoD Instruction 8551.1.V-220446MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to filter ingress traffic at the external interface on an inbound direction.V-220447MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to filter egress traffic at the internal interface on an inbound direction.V-220449LOWThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to have Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) disabled on all external interfaces.V-220450LOWThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to have Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) disabled on all external interfaces.V-220451MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to have Proxy ARP disabled on all external interfaces.V-220452MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.V-220453MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to only permit management traffic that ingresses and egresses the out-of-band management (OOBM) interface.V-220454MEDIUMThe Cisco PE switch providing MPLS Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) services must be configured to authenticate targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) sessions used to exchange virtual circuit (VC) information using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.V-220455HIGHThe Cisco PE switch must be configured to block any traffic that is destined to the IP core infrastructure.V-220456MEDIUMThe Cisco PE switch must be configured with Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) loose mode enabled on all CE-facing interfaces.V-220458LOWThe Cisco PE switch must be configured to enforce a Quality-of-Service (QoS) policy to provide preferred treatment for mission-critical applications.V-220459LOWThe Cisco P switch must be configured to enforce a Quality-of-Service (QoS) policy to provide preferred treatment for mission-critical applications.V-220460MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to enforce a Quality-of-Service (QoS) policy to limit the effects of packet flooding denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.V-220461MEDIUMThe Cisco multicast switch must be configured to disable Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) on all interfaces that are not required to support multicast routing.V-220462MEDIUMThe Cisco multicast switch must be configured to bind a Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) neighbor filter to interfaces that have PIM enabled.V-220463LOWThe Cisco multicast edge switch must be configured to establish boundaries for administratively scoped multicast traffic.V-220464LOWThe Cisco multicast Designated switch (DR) must be configured to filter the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Report messages to allow hosts to join only multicast groups that have been approved by the organization.V-220465MEDIUMThe Cisco multicast Designated switch (DR) must be configured to filter the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Report messages to allow hosts to join a multicast group only from sources that have been approved by the organization.V-220466MEDIUMThe Cisco multicast Designated switch (DR) must be configured to limit the number of mroute states resulting from Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Host Membership Reports.V-220467MEDIUMThe Cisco multicast Designated switch (DR) must be configured to set the shortest-path tree (SPT) threshold to infinity to minimalize source-group (S, G) state within the multicast topology where Any Source Multicast (ASM) is deployed.V-220471HIGHThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to restrict it from accepting outbound IP packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field via egress filter or by enabling Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF).V-220472MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block all packets with any IP options.V-220473MEDIUMThe Cisco PE switch must be configured to ignore or drop all packets with any IP options.V-237749MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must be configured to have Cisco Express Forwarding enabled.V-237751LOWThe Cisco switch must be configured to advertise a hop limit of at least 32 in Switch Advertisement messages for IPv6 stateless auto-configuration deployments.V-237755MEDIUMThe Cisco switch must not be configured to use IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses.V-237758MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces.V-237761MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to drop IPv6 undetermined transport packets.V-237763MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured drop IPv6 packets with a Routing Header type 0, 1, or 3-255.V-237765MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Hop-by-Hop header with invalid option type values.V-237771MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Destination Option header with invalid option type values.V-237773MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing an extension header with the Endpoint Identification option.V-237775MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing the NSAP address option within Destination Option header.V-237777MEDIUMThe Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option extension header with an undefined option type.