The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to have Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) disabled on all external interfaces.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-220450 | CISC-RT-000370 | SV-220450r856241_rule | Low |
| Description |
| CDP is a Cisco proprietary neighbor discovery protocol used to advertise device capabilities, configuration information, and device identity. CDP is media-and-protocol-independent as it runs over Layer 2; therefore, two network nodes that support different Layer 3 protocols can still learn about each other. Allowing CDP messages to reach external network nodes provides an attacker a method to obtain information of the network infrastructure that can be useful to plan an attack. |
| STIG | Date |
| Cisco IOS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-06-06 |
Details
| Check Text (C-22165r508429_chk) |
| Step 1: Verify if CDP is enabled globally as shown below: cdp run By default, CDP is not enabled globally or on any interface. If CDP is enabled globally, proceed to Step 2. Step 2: Verify CDP is not enabled on any external interface as shown in the example below: interface GigabitEthernet2 ip address z.1.24.4 255.255.255.252 … … … cdp enable If CDP is enabled on any external interface, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-22154r508430_fix) |
| Disable CDP on all external interfaces via no cdp enable command or disable CDP globally via no cdp run command. |