The Cisco ASA remote access VPN server must be configured to generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239972	CASA-VN-000510	SV-239972r666322_rule		Medium

Description
Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as VPN gateway components, modules, device identifiers, node names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the network provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured VPN gateway.

Description

Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment, and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as VPN gateway components, modules, device identifiers, node names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the network provides a means of investigating an attack, recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds, or identifying an improperly configured VPN gateway.

STIG	Date
Cisco ASA VPN Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-43205r666320_chk )
Review the ASA configuration to determine if VPN events are logged as shown in the example below. logging class vpn trap notifications logging class vpnc trap notifications logging class vpnfo trap notifications logging class webfo trap notifications logging class webvpn trap notifications logging class svc trap notifications Note: A logging list can be used as an alternative to using class. If the ASA does not generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-43205r666320_chk )

Review the ASA configuration to determine if VPN events are logged as shown in the example below.

logging class vpn trap notifications
logging class vpnc trap notifications
logging class vpnfo trap notifications
logging class webfo trap notifications
logging class webvpn trap notifications
logging class svc trap notifications

Note: A logging list can be used as an alternative to using class.

If the ASA does not generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43164r666321_fix)
Configure the ASA to generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred as shown in the example below. ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpn trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpnc trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpnfo trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class webvpn trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class webfo trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# logging class svc trap notifications ciscoasa(config)# end

Fix Text (F-43164r666321_fix)

Configure the ASA to generate log records containing information to establish where the events occurred as shown in the example below.

ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpn trap notifications
ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpnc trap notifications
ciscoasa(config)# logging class vpnfo trap notifications
ciscoasa(config)# logging class webvpn trap notifications
ciscoasa(config)# logging class webfo trap notifications
ciscoasa(config)# logging class svc trap notifications
ciscoasa(config)# end