CISC-ND-001210 - The Cisco switch must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.

Information

This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead of FTP, and HTTPS instead of HTTP. If unsecured protocols (lacking cryptographic mechanisms) are used for sessions, the contents of those sessions will be susceptible to eavesdropping, potentially putting sensitive data (including administrator passwords) at risk of compromise and potentially allowing hijacking of maintenance sessions.

Solution

Configure the Cisco switch to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm as shown in the example below:

SW1(config)#iip ssh server algorithm encryption aes256-ctr aes192-ctr aes128-ctr

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: MAINTENANCE

References: 800-53|MA-4(6), CAT|I, CCI|CCI-003123, Rule-ID|SV-220556r961557_rule, STIG-ID|CISC-ND-001210, STIG-Legacy|SV-110567, STIG-Legacy|V-101463, Vuln-ID|V-220556

Plugin: Cisco

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