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The Cisco perimeter switch must be configured to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-237760 CISC-RT-000391 SV-237760r648795_rule Medium
Description
Many of the known attacks in stateless autoconfiguration are defined in RFC 3756 were present in IPv4 ARP attacks. To mitigate these vulnerabilities, links that have no hosts connected such as the interface connecting to external gateways must be configured to suppress router advertisements.
STIG Date
Cisco NX-OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-03-29

Details

Check Text ( C-40975r648793_chk )
Review the switch configuration to verify that Router Advertisements are suppressed on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces as shown in the example below.

interface Ethernet1/1
no switchport
ipv6 address 2001::1:24:3/64
ipv6 nd suppress-ra
no shutdown


If the switch is not configured to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-40937r648794_fix)
Configure the switch to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces as shown in the example below.

SW1(config)# interface e1/1
SW1(config-if-range)# ipv6 nd suppress-ra
SW1(config-if-range)# end