CISC-L2-000210 - The Cisco switch must have all disabled switch ports assigned to an unused VLAN.

Information

It is possible that a disabled port that is assigned to a user or management VLAN becomes enabled by accident or by an attacker and as a result gains access to that VLAN as a member.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Assign all switch ports not in use to an inactive VLAN.

Step 1: Assign the disabled interfaces to an inactive VLAN.

SW3(config)#int range g0/0 - 9
SW3(config-if-range)# switchport access vlan 999

Step 2: Configure trunk links to not allow traffic from the inactive VLAN.

SW3(config)#int g1/1
SW3(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vlan except 999

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Cisco_IOS-XE_Switch_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004891, Rule-ID|SV-220667r991904_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-L2-000210, STIG-Legacy|SV-110309, STIG-Legacy|V-101205, Vuln-ID|V-220667

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 1c0a1d86b3e8c8aab472c4a6771fa9dd91eb012984564d585224b5bd4aea57c7