Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-230039 | CISC-RT-000236 | SV-230039r647454_rule | Low |
Description |
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The Neighbor Discovery protocol allows a hop limit value to be advertised by routers in a Router Advertisement message being used by hosts instead of the standardized default value. If a very small value was configured and advertised to hosts on the LAN segment, communications would fail due to the hop limit reaching zero before the packets sent by a host reached its destination. |
STIG | Date |
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Cisco IOS XE Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2022-09-14 |
Check Text ( C-32352r647423_chk ) |
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Review the router configuration to determine if the hop limit has been configured for Router Advertisement messages as shown in the example. ipv6 hop-limit 128 If it has been configured and has not been set to at least 32, it is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-32329r647424_fix) |
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Configure the router to advertise a hop limit of at least 32 in Router Advertisement messages. R1(config)#ipv6 hop-limit 128 |