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1.76 CISC-RT-000237

Information

The Cisco switch must not be configured to use IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses.

GROUP ID: V-237757
RULE ID: SV-237757r999761

As currently defined, site local addresses are ambiguous and can be present in multiple sites. The address itself does not contain any indication of the site to which it belongs. The use of site-local addresses has the potential to adversely affect network security through leaks, ambiguity, and potential misrouting as documented in section 2 of RFC3879. RFC3879 formally deprecates the IPv6 site-local unicast prefix FEC0::/10 as defined in RFC3513.

Solution

Configure the switch using only authorized IPv6 addresses.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26426

Item Details

Category: SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZATION, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|CA-7, 800-53|CM-6b., 800-53|SC-4, CCI|CCI-000366, CSCv7|13.3, Rule-ID|SV-237757r999761_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-RT-000237, Vuln-ID|V-237757

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 68f3323b430358eb78996ba4e2733643ee229e807a7719de560df41869fdbe88