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Cisco IOS XE Switch L2S Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (26)
2021-09-09 CAT I (High): 1 CAT II (Med): 21 CAT III (Low): 4
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC II - Mission Support Public)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-220649 High The Cisco switch must uniquely identify all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.
V-220667 Medium The Cisco switch must have all disabled switch ports assigned to an unused VLAN.
V-220666 Medium The Cisco switch must have all trunk links enabled statically.
V-220665 Medium The Cisco switch must enable Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD) to protect against one-way connections.
V-220664 Medium The Cisco switch must implement Rapid STP where VLANs span multiple switches with redundant links.
V-220661 Medium The Cisco switch must have Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Inspection (DAI) enabled on all user VLANs.
V-220660 Medium The Cisco switch must have IP Source Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.
V-220669 Medium The Cisco switch must have the default VLAN pruned from all trunk ports that do not require it.
V-220668 Medium The Cisco switch must not have the default VLAN assigned to any host-facing switch ports.
V-220658 Medium The Cisco switch must have Unknown Unicast Flood Blocking (UUFB) enabled.
V-220659 Medium The Cisco switch must have DHCP snooping for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources.
V-220652 Medium The Cisco switch must be configured for authorized users to select a user session to capture.
V-220653 Medium The Cisco switch must be configured to provide the capability for authorized users to remotely view, in real time, all content related to an established user session from a component separate from the Cisco switch.
V-220650 Medium The Cisco switch must authenticate all VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) messages with a hash function using the most secured cryptographic algorithm available.
V-220651 Medium The Cisco switch must manage excess bandwidth to limit the effects of packet flooding types of denial of service (DoS) attacks.
V-220656 Medium The Cisco switch must have BPDU Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.
V-220657 Medium The Cisco switch must have STP Loop Guard enabled.
V-220654 Medium The Cisco switch must authenticate all endpoint devices before establishing any connection.
V-220670 Medium The Cisco switch must not use the default VLAN for management traffic.
V-220671 Medium The Cisco switch must have all user-facing or untrusted ports configured as access switch ports.
V-220672 Medium The Cisco switch must have the native VLAN assigned to an ID other than the default VLAN for all 802.1q trunk links.
V-220648 Medium The Cisco switch must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.
V-220663 Low The Cisco switch must have IGMP or MLD Snooping configured on all VLANs.
V-220662 Low The Cisco switch must have Storm Control configured on all host-facing switchports.
V-220655 Low The Cisco switch must have Root Guard enabled on all switch ports connecting to access layer switches and hosts.
V-220673 Low The Cisco switch must not have any switchports assigned to the native VLAN.