Check: CISC-RT-000236
Cisco IOS XE Switch RTR STIG:
CISC-RT-000236
(in versions v2 r5 through v2 r1)
Title
The Cisco switch must be configured to advertise a hop limit of at least 32 in Switch Advertisement messages for IPv6 stateless auto-configuration deployments. (Cat III impact)
Discussion
The Neighbor Discovery protocol allows a hop limit value to be advertised by routers in a Router Advertisement message being used by hosts instead of the standardized default value. If a very small value was configured and advertised to hosts on the LAN segment, communications would fail due to the hop limit reaching zero before the packets sent by a host reached its destination.
Check Content
Review the switch configuration to determine if the hop limit has been configured for Router Advertisement messages as shown in the example. ipv6 hop-limit 128 If hop-limit has been configured and has not been set to at least 32, it is a finding.
Fix Text
Configure the switch to advertise a hop limit of at least 32 in Router Advertisement messages as shown in the example. SW1(config)#ipv6 hop-limit 128
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-237752r648780_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-237752
Group Title: SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000012
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 |