Title

The Cisco ASA remote access VPN server must be configured to generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as VPN gateway components, modules, device identifiers, node names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the network provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured VPN gateway.

Check Content

Review the ASA configuration to determine if VPN events are logged as shown in the example below. logging class vpn trap notifications logging class vpnc trap notifications logging class vpnfo trap notifications logging class webfo trap notifications logging class webvpn trap notifications logging class svc trap notifications Note: A logging list can be used as an alternative to using class. If the ASA does not generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the ASA to generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred as shown in the example below. ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpn trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpnc trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpnfo trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class webvpn trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class webfo trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class svc trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# end

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-239972r666322_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-239972

Group Title: SRG-NET-000088-VPN-000310

Expert Comments

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