The HP FlexFabric Switch must have DHCP snooping for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources as well as rate-limit DHCP traffic.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66071	HFFS-L2-000014	SV-80561r1_rule		Medium

Description
In an enterprise network, devices under administrative control are trusted sources. These devices include the switches, routers, and servers in the network. Host ports and unknown Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers are considered untrusted sources. An unknown DHCP server on the network on an untrusted port is called a spurious DHCP server-- any device (PC, Wireless Access Point) that is loaded with DHCP server enabled. The DHCP snooping feature determines whether traffic sources are trusted or untrusted. The potential exists for a spurious DHCP server to respond to DHCPDISCOVER messages before the real server has time to respond. DHCP snooping allows switches on the network to trust the port a DHCP server is connected to and not trust the other ports. The DHCP snooping feature validates DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filters out invalid messages as well as rate-limits DHCP traffic from trusted and untrusted sources. DHCP snooping feature builds and maintains a binding database, which contains information about untrusted hosts with leased IP addresses, and it utilizes the database to validate subsequent requests from untrusted hosts. Other security features, such as IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), also use information stored in the DHCP snooping binding database. Hence, it is imperative that the DHCP snooping feature is enabled on all VLANs.

Description

In an enterprise network, devices under administrative control are trusted sources. These devices include the switches, routers, and servers in the network. Host ports and unknown Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers are considered untrusted sources. An unknown DHCP server on the network on an untrusted port is called a spurious DHCP server-- any device (PC, Wireless Access Point) that is loaded with DHCP server enabled. The DHCP snooping feature determines whether traffic sources are trusted or untrusted. The potential exists for a spurious DHCP server to respond to DHCPDISCOVER messages before the real server has time to respond. DHCP snooping allows switches on the network to trust the port a DHCP server is connected to and not trust the other ports. The DHCP snooping feature validates DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filters out invalid messages as well as rate-limits DHCP traffic from trusted and untrusted sources. DHCP snooping feature builds and maintains a binding database, which contains information about untrusted hosts with leased IP addresses, and it utilizes the database to validate subsequent requests from untrusted hosts. Other security features, such as IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), also use information stored in the DHCP snooping binding database. Hence, it is imperative that the DHCP snooping feature is enabled on all VLANs.

STIG	Date
HP FlexFabric Switch L2S Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-06-03

Details

Check Text ( C-66715r1_chk )
Review the HP FlexFabric Switch configuration and verify that DHCP snooping is enabled on a per-VLAN basis. If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not have DHCP snooping enabled for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources as well as rate-limit DHCP traffic, this is a finding. Note: Enabling DHCP snooping on a range of VLANs is permissible. Sample output: [HP]dhcp snooping enable [HP-GigabitEthernet1/0/1]dhcp snooping rate-limit

Check Text ( C-66715r1_chk )

Review the HP FlexFabric Switch configuration and verify that DHCP snooping is enabled on a per-VLAN basis.

If the HP FlexFabric Switch does not have DHCP snooping enabled for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources as well as rate-limit DHCP traffic, this is a finding.

Note: Enabling DHCP snooping on a range of VLANs is permissible.

Sample output:
[HP]dhcp snooping enable

[HP-GigabitEthernet1/0/1]dhcp snooping rate-limit

Fix Text (F-72147r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to have DHCP snooping for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources as well as rate-limit DHCP traffic. [HP]dhcp snooping enable [HP-GigabitEthernet1/0/1]dhcp snooping rate-limit