The layer 2 switch must not have any switch ports assigned to the native VLAN.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-206672	SRG-NET-000512-L2S-000013	SV-206672r385561_rule		Low

Description
Double encapsulation can be initiated by an attacker who has access to a switch port belonging to the native VLAN of the trunk port. Knowing the victim’s MAC address and with the victim attached to a different switch belonging to the same trunk group, thereby requiring the trunk link and frame tagging, the malicious user can begin the attack by sending frames with two sets of tags. The outer tag that will have the attacker’s VLAN ID (probably the well-known and omnipresent default VLAN) is stripped off by the switch, and the inner tag that will have the victim’s VLAN ID is used by the switch as the next hop and sent out the trunk port.

Description

Double encapsulation can be initiated by an attacker who has access to a switch port belonging to the native VLAN of the trunk port. Knowing the victim’s MAC address and with the victim attached to a different switch belonging to the same trunk group, thereby requiring the trunk link and frame tagging, the malicious user can begin the attack by sending frames with two sets of tags. The outer tag that will have the attacker’s VLAN ID (probably the well-known and omnipresent default VLAN) is stripped off by the switch, and the inner tag that will have the victim’s VLAN ID is used by the switch as the next hop and sent out the trunk port.

STIG	Date
Layer 2 Switch Security Requirements Guide	2021-05-17

Details

Check Text ( C-6930r298446_chk )
Review the switch configurations and examine all access switch ports. Verify that they do not belong to the native VLAN. If any access switch ports have been assigned to the same VLAN ID as the native VLAN, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-6930r298447_fix)
Configure all access switch ports to a VLAN other than the native VLAN.