The Cisco BGP switch must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system (AS).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221024	CISC-RT-000500	SV-221024r622190_rule		Medium

Description
Accepting route advertisements belonging to the local AS can result in traffic looping or being black-holed, or at a minimum, using a non-optimized path.

STIG	Date
Cisco IOS XE Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-13

Details

Check Text ( C-22739r408866_chk )
Review the switch configuration to verify that it will reject routes belonging to the local AS. Step 1: Verify a prefix list has been configured containing prefixes belonging to the local AS. In the example below x.13.1.0/24 is the global address space allocated to the local AS. ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 5 deny 0.0.0.0/8 le 32 … … … ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 74 deny x.13.1.0/24 le 32 ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 75 permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8 Step 2: Verify that the prefix list has been applied to all external BGP peers as shown in the example below: router bgp xx no synchronization bgp log-neighbor-changes neighbor x.1.1.9 remote-as yy neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in neighbor x.2.1.7 remote-as zz neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in If the switch is not configured to reject inbound route advertisements belonging to the local AS, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-22739r408866_chk )

Review the switch configuration to verify that it will reject routes belonging to the local AS.

Step 1: Verify a prefix list has been configured containing prefixes belonging to the local AS. In the example below x.13.1.0/24 is the global address space allocated to the local AS.

ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 5 deny 0.0.0.0/8 le 32
…
…
…
ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 74 deny x.13.1.0/24 le 32
ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 75 permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8

Step 2: Verify that the prefix list has been applied to all external BGP peers as shown in the example below:

router bgp xx
no synchronization
bgp log-neighbor-changes
neighbor x.1.1.9 remote-as yy
neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in
neighbor x.2.1.7 remote-as zz
neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in

If the switch is not configured to reject inbound route advertisements belonging to the local AS, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22728r408867_fix)
Review the switch configuration to verify that it will reject routes belonging to the local AS. Configure the router to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local AS. Step 1: Add to the prefix filter list those prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system. SW1(config)#ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 74 deny x.13.1.0/24 le 32 Step 2: If not already completed to be compliant with previous requirement, apply the prefix list filter inbound to each external BGP neighbor as shown in the example. SW1(config)#switch bgp xx SW1(config-switch)#neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in SW1(config-switch)#neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in SW1(config-switch)#end

Fix Text (F-22728r408867_fix)

Review the switch configuration to verify that it will reject routes belonging to the local AS.

Configure the router to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local AS.

Step 1: Add to the prefix filter list those prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system.

SW1(config)#ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 74 deny x.13.1.0/24 le 32

Step 2: If not already completed to be compliant with previous requirement, apply the prefix list filter inbound to each external BGP neighbor as shown in the example.

SW1(config)#switch bgp xx
SW1(config-switch)#neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in
SW1(config-switch)#neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in
SW1(config-switch)#end