When IPv6 protocol is installed, the server must also be configured to answer for IPv6 AAAA records.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58627	WDNS-CM-000028	SV-73057r3_rule		Medium

Description
To prevent the possibility of a denial of service in relation to an IPv4 DNS server trying to respond to IPv6 requests, the server should be configured not to listen on any of its IPv6 interfaces unless it does contain IPv6 AAAA resource records in one of the zones.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Windows 2012 Server Domain Name System Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-07-09

Details

Check Text ( C-59499r2_chk )
Log on to the DNS server using the Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account. Locate the “Network Internet Access” icon, right-click on it and select "Open Network & Sharing Center". Click on "Change adapter settings". Right-click on the Ethernet and click “Properties”. If the display shows Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 with a check, but the DNS server is not hosting any AAAA records, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59499r2_chk )

Log on to the DNS server using the Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin account.

Locate the “Network Internet Access” icon, right-click on it and select "Open Network & Sharing Center".

Click on "Change adapter settings".

Right-click on the Ethernet and click “Properties”.

If the display shows Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 with a check, but the DNS server is not hosting any AAAA records, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64011r2_fix)
Uninstall IPv6 from any LAN interface that is not hosting IPv6 AAAA records within its zones.