The firewall implementation must ensure IPv6 6-to-4 addresses are dropped at the enclave perimeter for inbound and outbound traffic.

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The firewall implementation must ensure IPv6 6-to-4 addresses are dropped at the enclave perimeter for inbound and outbound traffic.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-37367	SRG-NET-999999-FW-000197	SV-49128r1_rule		Medium

Description
"6-to-4" is a tunneling IPv6 transition mechanism. The guidance is the default case, which assumes that 6-to-4 is not used. If 6-to-4 is used, then firewall rules must be configured to drop packets as required.

STIG	Date
Firewall Security Requirements Guide	2013-04-24

Details

Check Text ( C-45614r1_chk )
Review the perimeter firewall configuration to ensure filters are in place to restrict the IP addresses. Verify that inbound and outbound ACLs for IPv6 have been defined to deny 6-to-4 addresses (source/destination type 2002::/16) and log all violations. If IPv6 6-to-4 addresses are not dropped at the enclave perimeter for inbound and outbound traffic, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42292r1_fix)
Configure the router ACLs to restrict IP addresses that contain any 6-to-4 addresses. Drop all inbound IPv6 packets containing a source address of type 2002::/16. This assumes the 6-to-4 transition mechanism is not being used. Drop all inbound IPv6 packets containing a destination address of type 2002::/16. This assumes the 6-to-4 transition mechanism is not being used.