The Cisco Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) switch must be configured to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221142	CISC-RT-000900	SV-221142r856654_rule		Medium

Description
MSDP peering with customer network switches presents additional risks to the DISN Core, whether from a rogue or misconfigured MSDP-enabled switch. To guard against an attack from malicious MSDP traffic, the receive path or interface filter for all MSDP-enabled RP switches must be configured to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers.

STIG	Date
Cisco NX OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-15

Details

Check Text ( C-22857r409915_chk )
Review the switch configuration to determine if there is a receive path or interface filter to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers. Step 1: Verify that interfaces used for MSDP peering have an inbound ACL as shown in the example below: interface Ethernet2/3 no switchport ip access-group EXTERNAL_ACL_INBOUND in ip address x.1.28.8/24 ip pim sparse-mode Step 2: Verify that the ACL restricts MSDP peering to only known sources. ip access-list EXTERNAL_ACL_INBOUND 10 permit tcp any any established 20 permit tcp x.1.28.2/32 x.1.28.8/32 eq 639 30 deny tcp any x.1.28.8/32 eq 639 log 40 permit tcp x.1.28.2/32 10.x.28.8/32 eq bgp 50 permit tcp x.1.28.2/32 eq bgp x.1.28.8/32 60 permit pim x.1.28.2/32 x.1.28.8/32 … … … 120 deny ip any any log Note: MSDP connections are via TCP port 639. If the switch is not configured to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-22857r409915_chk )

Review the switch configuration to determine if there is a receive path or interface filter to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers.

Step 1: Verify that interfaces used for MSDP peering have an inbound ACL as shown in the example below:

interface Ethernet2/3
no switchport
ip access-group EXTERNAL_ACL_INBOUND in
ip address x.1.28.8/24
ip pim sparse-mode

Step 2: Verify that the ACL restricts MSDP peering to only known sources.

ip access-list EXTERNAL_ACL_INBOUND
10 permit tcp any any established
20 permit tcp x.1.28.2/32 x.1.28.8/32 eq 639
30 deny tcp any x.1.28.8/32 eq 639 log
40 permit tcp x.1.28.2/32 10.x.28.8/32 eq bgp
50 permit tcp x.1.28.2/32 eq bgp x.1.28.8/32
60 permit pim x.1.28.2/32 x.1.28.8/32
…
…
…
120 deny ip any any log

Note: MSDP connections are via TCP port 639.

If the switch is not configured to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22846r409916_fix)
Configure the receive path or interface ACLs to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers. SW1(config)# ip access-list EXTERNAL_ACL_INBOUND SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp any any established SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp host x.1.28.2 host x.1.28.8 eq 639 SW1(config-acl) # deny tcp any host x1.28.8 eq 639 SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp host x.1.28.2 host x.1.28.8 eq bgp SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp host x.1.28.2 eq bgp host x.1.28.8 SW1(config-acl) # permit pim host x.1.28.2 host x.1.28.8 … … … SW1(config-acl)# deny ip any any

Fix Text (F-22846r409916_fix)

Configure the receive path or interface ACLs to only accept MSDP packets from known MSDP peers.

SW1(config)# ip access-list EXTERNAL_ACL_INBOUND
SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp any any established
SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp host x.1.28.2 host x.1.28.8 eq 639
SW1(config-acl) # deny tcp any host x1.28.8 eq 639
SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp host x.1.28.2 host x.1.28.8 eq bgp
SW1(config-acl) # permit tcp host x.1.28.2 eq bgp host x.1.28.8
SW1(config-acl) # permit pim host x.1.28.2 host x.1.28.8
…
…
…
SW1(config-acl)# deny ip any any