The Cisco ASA must be configured to use FIPS-validated SHA-2 or higher for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Phase 1.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239958	CASA-VN-000230	SV-239958r769246_rule		Medium

Description

Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection. Although allowed by SP800-131Ar2 for some applications, SHA-1 is considered a compromised hashing standard and is being phased out of use by industry and Government standards. Unless required for legacy use, DoD systems should not be configured to use SHA-2 for integrity of remote access sessions.

STIG	Date
Cisco ASA VPN Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-08-16

Details

Check Text ( C-43191r769244_chk )
Review the ASA configuration to verify that SHA-2 or higher is specified for IKE Phase 1 as shown in the example below. crypto ikev2 policy 1 … integrity sha256 If the ASA is not configured to use SHA-2 or higher for IKE Phase 1, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43150r769245_fix)
Configure the ASA to use FIPS-validated SHA-2 or higher for IKE Phase 1 as shown in the example below. ASA2(config)# crypto ikev2 policy 1 ASA2(config-ikev2-policy)# integrity sha256