Check: CISC-RT-000580
Cisco IOS XE Router RTR STIG:
CISC-RT-000580
(in versions v2 r9 through v1 r1)
Title
The Cisco BGP router must be configured to use its loopback address as the source address for iBGP peering sessions. (Cat III impact)
Discussion
Using a loopback address as the source address offers a multitude of uses for security, access, management, and scalability of the BGP routers. It is easier to construct appropriate ingress filters for router management plane traffic destined to the network management subnet since the source addresses will be from the range used for loopback interfaces instead of a larger range of addresses used for physical interfaces. Log information recorded by authentication and syslog servers will record the router’s loopback address instead of the numerous physical interface addresses. When the loopback address is used as the source for eBGP peering, the BGP session will be harder to hijack since the source address to be used is not known globally, making it more difficult for a hacker to spoof an eBGP neighbor. By using traceroute, a hacker can easily determine the addresses for an eBGP speaker when the IP address of an external interface is used as the source address. The routers within the iBGP domain should also use loopback addresses as the source address when establishing BGP sessions.
Check Content
Step 1: Review the router configuration to verify that a loopback address has been configured. interface Loopback0 ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 Step 2: Verify that the loopback interface is used as the source address for all iBGP sessions. router bgp xx no synchronization no bgp enforce-first-as bgp log-neighbor-changes redistribute static neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as xx neighbor 10.1.1.1 password xxxxxxxx neighbor 10.1.1.1 update-source Loopback0 If the router does not use its loopback address as the source address for all iBGP sessions, this is a finding.
Fix Text
Configure the router to use its loopback address as the source address for all iBGP peering. R1(config)#router bgp xx R1(config-router)#neighbor 10.1.1.1 update-source Loopback0
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-216696r531086_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-216696
Group Title: SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000001
Expert Comments
CCIs
Number | Definition |
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CCI-000366 |
The organization implements the security configuration settings. |
Controls
Number | Title |
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CM-6 |
Configuration Settings |