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CISC-RT-000398 - The 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.

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Information

The optional and extensible natures of the IPv6 extension headers require higher scrutiny since many implementations do not always drop packets with headers that it cannot recognize, and hence could cause a Denial-of-Service on the target device. In addition, the type, length, value (TLV) formatting provides the ability for headers to be very large.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the switch to drop all inbound IPv6 packets containing destination option type values regardless of whether they appear in a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header as shown in the example below.

SW1(config)#ipv6 access-list FILTER_IPV6
SW1(config-ipv6-acl)#deny 60 any any dest-option log
SW1(config-ipv6-acl)#deny hbh any any dest-option log
SW1(config-ipv6-acl)#permit ...
...
...
...
SW1(config-ipv6-acl)#deny ipv6 any any log
SW1(config-ipv6-acl)#exit
SW1(config)#int g1/0
SW1(config-if)#ipv6 traffic-filter FILTER_IPV6
SW1(config-if)#end

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS_Switch_Y26M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002403, Rule-ID|SV-237777r1132528_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-RT-000398, Vuln-ID|V-237777

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: d84541d98e9652bfafe8f00b6bd0f66dc62e770ac8b764300f56f8046c65b972