DISA STIG Cisco NX-OS Switch RTR v2r3

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Name: DISA STIG Cisco NX-OS Switch RTR v2r3

Updated: 8/28/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Cisco

Revision: 1.4

Estimated Item Count: 81

Audit Changelog

 
Revision 1.4

Aug 28, 2024

Miscellaneous
  • Audit deprecated.
  • Metadata updated.
  • References updated.
Revision 1.3

Jun 17, 2024

Miscellaneous
  • Metadata updated.
Revision 1.2

May 28, 2024

Miscellaneous
  • Metadata updated.
  • See also link updated.
Revision 1.1

Dec 12, 2023

Informational Update
  • CISC-RT-000040 - The Cisco switch must be configured to use encryption for routing protocol authentication.
Miscellaneous
  • Metadata updated.
  • See also link updated.
Added
  • CISC-RT-000140 - The Cisco switch must be configured to drop all fragmented Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets destined to itself - ICMP packets destined to itself
  • CISC-RT-000170 - The Cisco switch must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) unreachable messages disabled on all external interfaces - ICMP unreachable messages disabled on all external interfaces
  • CISC-RT-000240 - The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to deny network traffic by default and allow network traffic by exception.
  • CISC-RT-000270 - The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block inbound packets with source Bogon IP address prefixes.
  • CISC-RT-000390 - The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block all outbound management traffic.
  • CISC-RT-000500 - The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system (AS) - AS
  • CISC-RT-000570 - The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to limit the prefix size on any inbound route advertisement to /24, or the least significant prefixes issued to the customer.
  • CISC-RT-000600 - The Cisco MPLS switch must be configured to synchronize Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and LDP to minimize packet loss when an IGP adjacency is established prior to LDP peers completing label exchange - IGP and LDP to minimize packet loss when an IGP adjacency is established prior to LDP peers completing label exchange
  • CISC-RT-000660 - The Cisco PE switch providing MPLS Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) services must be configured to authenticate targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) sessions used to exchange virtual circuit (VC) information using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm - VC information using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm
  • CISC-RT-000670 - The Cisco PE switch providing MPLS Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) must be configured to have the appropriate virtual circuit identification (VC ID) for each attachment circuit - VC ID for each attachment circuit
  • CISC-RT-000680 - The Cisco PE switch providing Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) must be configured to have all attachment circuits defined to the virtual forwarding instance (VFI) with the globally unique VPN ID assigned for each customer VLAN - VFI with the globally unique VPN ID assigned for each customer VLAN
  • CISC-RT-000730 - The Cisco PE switch must be configured to block any traffic that is destined to the IP core infrastructure.
  • CISC-RT-000800 - The Cisco multicast switch must be configured to bind a Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) neighbor filter to interfaces that have PIM enabled - PIM neighbor filter to interfaces that have PIM enabled
  • CISC-RT-000810 - The Cisco multicast edge switch must be configured to establish boundaries for administratively scoped multicast traffic.
  • CISC-RT-000820 - The Cisco multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) switch must be configured to limit the multicast forwarding cache so that its resources are not saturated by managing an overwhelming number of Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) source-active entries - MSDP source-active entries
  • CISC-RT-000830 - The Cisco multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) switch must be configured to filter Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Register messages received from the Designated switch (DR) for any undesirable multicast groups and sources - DR for any undesirable multicast groups and sources
  • CISC-RT-000840 - The Cisco multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) switch must be configured to filter Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Join messages received from the Designated Cisco switch (DR) for any undesirable multicast groups - DR for any undesirable multicast groups
  • CISC-RT-000920 - The Cisco Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) switch must be configured to filter received source-active multicast advertisements for any undesirable multicast groups and sources - MSDP switch must be configured to filter received source-active multicast advertisements for any undesirable multicast groups and sources
  • CISC-RT-000930 - The Cisco Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) switch must be configured to filter source-active multicast advertisements to external MSDP peers to avoid global visibility of local-only multicast sources and groups - MSDP switch must be configured to filter source-active multicast advertisements to external MSDP peers to avoid global visibility of local-only multicast sources and groups
Removed
  • CISC-RT-000140 - The Cisco switch must be configured to drop all fragmented Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets destined to itself
  • CISC-RT-000170 - The Cisco switch must be configured to have Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) unreachable messages disabled on all external interfaces
  • CISC-RT-000240 - The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to deny network traffic by default and allow network traffic by exception
  • CISC-RT-000270 - The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block inbound packets with source Bogon IP address prefixes
  • CISC-RT-000390 - The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to block all outbound management traffic
  • CISC-RT-000500 - The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system (AS)
  • CISC-RT-000570 - The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to limit the prefix size on any inbound route advertisement to /24, or the least significant prefixes issued to the customer
  • CISC-RT-000600 - The Cisco MPLS switch must be configured to synchronize Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and LDP to minimize packet loss when an IGP adjacency is established prior to LDP peers completing label exchange
  • CISC-RT-000660 - The Cisco PE switch providing MPLS Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) services must be configured to authenticate targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) sessions used to exchange virtual circuit (VC) information using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm
  • CISC-RT-000670 - The Cisco PE switch providing MPLS Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) must be configured to have the appropriate virtual circuit identification (VC ID) for each attachment circuit
  • CISC-RT-000680 - The Cisco PE switch providing Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) must be configured to have all attachment circuits defined to the virtual forwarding instance (VFI) with the globally unique VPN ID assigned for each customer VLAN
  • CISC-RT-000730 - The Cisco PE switch must be configured to block any traffic that is destined to the IP core infrastructure
  • CISC-RT-000800 - The Cisco multicast switch must be configured to bind a Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) neighbor filter to interfaces that have PIM enabled
  • CISC-RT-000810 - The Cisco multicast edge switch must be configured to establish boundaries for administratively scoped multicast traffic
  • CISC-RT-000820 - The Cisco multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) switch must be configured to limit the multicast forwarding cache so that its resources are not saturated by managing an overwhelming number of Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) source-active entries
  • CISC-RT-000830 - The Cisco multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) switch must be configured to filter Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Register messages received from the Designated switch (DR) for any undesirable multicast groups and sources
  • CISC-RT-000840 - The Cisco multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) switch must be configured to filter Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Join messages received from the Designated Cisco switch (DR) for any undesirable multicast groups
  • CISC-RT-000920 - The Cisco Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) switch must be configured to filter received source-active multicast advertisements for any undesirable multicast groups and sources
  • CISC-RT-000930 - The Cisco Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) switch must be configured to filter source-active multicast advertisements to external MSDP peers to avoid global visibility of local-only multicast sources and groups