The multicast domain must block inbound and outbound administratively-scoped multicast traffic at the edge.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66369	NET2008	SV-80859r1_rule		Low

Description
A multicast boundary must be established to ensure that administratively-scoped multicast traffic does not flow into or out of the IP core. The multicast boundary can be created by ensuring that COI-facing interfaces on all PIM routers are configured to block inbound and outbound administratively-scoped multicast traffic.

STIG	Date
Network Infrastructure Policy Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-67015r1_chk )
The administratively-scoped IPv4 multicast address space is 239.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255. Packets addressed to administratively-scoped multicast addresses must not cross administrative boundaries. This can be accomplished by applying a multicast boundary statement to all COI-facing interfaces as shown in the following example: ip multicast-routing ! interface FastEthernet0/0 ip address 199.36.92.1 255.255.255.252 ip pim sparse-mode ip multicast boundary 1 ! access-list 1 deny 239.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 access-list 1 permit any If inbound and outbound administratively-scoped multicast traffic is not blocked, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-67015r1_chk )

The administratively-scoped IPv4 multicast address space is 239.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255. Packets addressed to administratively-scoped multicast addresses must not cross administrative boundaries. This can be accomplished by applying a multicast boundary statement to all COI-facing interfaces as shown in the following example:

ip multicast-routing
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 199.36.92.1 255.255.255.252
ip pim sparse-mode
ip multicast boundary 1
!
access-list 1 deny 239.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
access-list 1 permit any

If inbound and outbound administratively-scoped multicast traffic is not blocked, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72445r1_fix)
Configure a multicast boundary statement at all COI-facing interfaces that has PIM enabled to block inbound and outbound administratively-scoped multicast traffic.