CISC-ND-000470 - The Cisco router must be configured to be configured to prohibit the use of all unnecessary and nonsecure functions and services.

Information

Network devices are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Additionally, it is sometimes convenient to provide multiple services from a single component (e.g., email and web services); however, doing so increases risk over limiting the services provided by any one component.

To support the requirements and principles of least functionality, the network device must support the organizational requirements providing only essential capabilities and limiting the use of ports, protocols, and/or services to only those required, authorized, and approved. Some network devices have capabilities enabled by default; if these capabilities are not necessary, they must be disabled. If a particular capability is used, then it must be documented and approved.

Solution

Disable the following services if enabled as shown in the example below.

RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#no service ipv4 tcp-small-servers
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#no service ipv4 udp-small-servers
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#no http client vrf xxxxx
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#no telnet ipv4 server
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)#no service call-home

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS-XR_Router_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000382, Rule-ID|SV-216529r960966_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-000470, STIG-Legacy|SV-105541, STIG-Legacy|V-96403, Vuln-ID|V-216529

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 68e80b33c4aad0d5b4b262a0afbc91c81ed0ae33d1f11d428ce607f2b161e2b6