Title

The RUCKUS ICX switch must not have any switch ports assigned to the native VLAN. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Double encapsulation can be initiated by an attacker who has access to a switch port belonging to the native VLAN of the trunk port. Knowing the victim's MAC address and with the victim attached to a different switch belonging to the same trunk group, thereby requiring the trunk link and frame tagging, the malicious user can begin the attack by sending frames with two sets of tags. The outer tag that will have the attacker's VLAN ID (probably the well-known and omnipresent default VLAN) is stripped off by the switch, and the inner tag that will have the victim's VLAN ID is used by the switch as the next hop and sent out the trunk port.

Check Content

Examine switch port configuration to determine whether a native VLAN (i.e., untagged) is assigned. ! vlan 4000 name DEFAULT-VLAN by port no untagged ethernet 1/2/1 spanning-tree ! ! vlan 10 by port tagged ethernet 1/2/1 untagged ethernet 1/1/1 ! ! vlan 20 by port tagged ethernet 1/2/1 untagged ethernet 1/1/2 ! If any switch ports have a native VLAN (i.e., untagged) also assigned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Remove any native VLAN (i.e., untagged) from switch ports (1/2/1): device(config)# vlan 4000 device(config-vlan-4000)# no untag ethernet 1/2/1

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-273694r1110997_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-273694

Group Title: SRG-NET-000512-L2S-000013

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.