DISA STIG Cisco IOS Router RTR v3r1

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG Cisco IOS Router RTR v3r1

Updated: 9/17/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Cisco

Revision: 1.1

Estimated Item Count: 102

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Cisco_IOS_Router_RTR_v3r1.audit

Size: 374 kB

MD5: 0aeee38f2dea9110f8df942b15a446a1
SHA256: ca9b0630a11040af9a55dfd03307e72322ce9a56f40ad2f61b29c9137d5fe602

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
CISC-RT-000010 - The Cisco router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information within the network based on organization-defined information flow control policies.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000050 - The Cisco router must be configured to enable routing protocol authentication using FIPS 198-1 algorithms with keys not exceeding 180 days of lifetime.

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

CISC-RT-000060 - The Cisco router must be configured to have all inactive interfaces disabled.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000090 - The Cisco router must not be configured to have any zero-touch deployment feature enabled when connected to an operational network.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000120 - The Cisco router must be configured to protect against or limit the effects of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by employing control plane protection.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000150 - The Cisco router must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000160 - The Cisco router must be configured to have IP directed broadcast disabled on all interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000170 - The Cisco router must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) unreachable messages disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000180 - The Cisco router must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) mask reply messages disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000190 - The Cisco router must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect messages disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000200 - The Cisco router must be configured to log all packets that have been dropped at interfaces via an ACL.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-RT-000210 - The Cisco router must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-RT-000220 - The Cisco router must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

CISC-RT-000230 - The Cisco router must be configured to disable the auxiliary port unless it is connected to a secured modem providing encryption and authentication.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000235 - The Cisco router must be configured to have Cisco Express Forwarding enabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-RT-000236 - The Cisco router must be configured to advertise a hop limit of at least 32 in Router Advertisement messages for IPv6 stateless auto-configuration deployments.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-RT-000237 - The Cisco router must not be configured to use IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-RT-000240 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to deny network traffic by default and allow network traffic by exception.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000250 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information between interconnected networks in accordance with applicable policy.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000260 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to only allow incoming communications from authorized sources to be routed to authorized destinations.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000270 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to block inbound packets with source Bogon IP address prefixes.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000280 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to protect an enclave connected to an alternate gateway by using an inbound filter that only permits packets with destination addresses within the sites address space.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000290 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to not be a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) peer to an alternate gateway service provider.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000300 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to not redistribute static routes to an alternate gateway service provider into BGP or an IGP peering with the NIPRNet or to other autonomous systems.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000310 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to restrict it from accepting outbound IP packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field via egress filter or by enabling Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000320 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to filter traffic destined to the enclave in accordance with the guidelines contained in DoD Instruction 8551.1.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000330 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to filter ingress traffic at the external interface on an inbound direction.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000340 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to filter egress traffic at the internal interface on an inbound direction.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000350 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to block all packets with any IP options.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000360 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to have Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000370 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to have Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000380 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to have Proxy ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000390 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000391 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CISC-RT-000392 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 undetermined transport packets.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000393 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured drop IPv6 packets with a Routing Header type 0, 1, or 3-255.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000394 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Hop-by-Hop header with invalid option type values.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000395 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Destination Option header with invalid option type values.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000396 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing an extension header with the Endpoint Identification option.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000397 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing the NSAP address option within Destination Option header.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000398 - The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option extension header with an undefined option type.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000400 - The Cisco out-of-band management (OOBM) gateway router must be configured to transport management traffic to the Network Operations Center (NOC) via dedicated circuit, MPLS/VPN service, or IPsec tunnel.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000410 - The Cisco out-of-band management (OOBM) gateway router must be configured to forward only authorized management traffic to the Network Operations Center (NOC).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000420 - The Cisco out-of-band management (OOBM) gateway router must be configured to have separate IGP instances for the managed network and management network.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000430 - The Cisco out-of-band management (OOBM) gateway router must be configured to not redistribute routes between the management network routing domain and the managed network routing domain.

ACCESS CONTROL

CISC-RT-000440 - The Cisco out-of-band management (OOBM) gateway router must be configured to block any traffic destined to itself that is not sourced from the OOBM network or the Network Operations Center (NOC).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000450 - The Cisco router must be configured to only permit management traffic that ingresses and egresses the out-of-band management (OOBM) interface.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000460 - The Cisco router providing connectivity to the Network Operations Center (NOC) must be configured to forward all in-band management traffic via an IPsec tunnel.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000470 - The Cisco BGP router must be configured to enable the Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM).

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

CISC-RT-000480 - The Cisco BGP router must be configured to use a unique key for each autonomous system (AS) that it peers with.

ACCESS CONTROL