The administrator must ensure the perimeter router is configured to drop all inbound and outbound IPv6 packets containing an extension header with the Endpoint Identification option.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-30646	NET-IPV6-062	SV-40433r1_rule		Medium

Description
The optional and extensible natures of the IPv6 extension headers require higher scrutiny since many implementations do not always drop packets with headers that it can’t recognize and hence could cause a DoS on the target device. In addition, the type, length, value (TLV) formatting provides the ability for headers to be very large. According to the DoD IPv6 IA Guidance for MO3, headers which may be valid but serve no intended use should not be allowed into or out of any network (S0-C2-opt-3). This option type is associated with the Nimrod Routing system and has no defining RFC document.

Description

The optional and extensible natures of the IPv6 extension headers require higher scrutiny since many implementations do not always drop packets with headers that it can’t recognize and hence could cause a DoS on the target device. In addition, the type, length, value (TLV) formatting provides the ability for headers to be very large. According to the DoD IPv6 IA Guidance for MO3, headers which may be valid but serve no intended use should not be allowed into or out of any network (S0-C2-opt-3). This option type is associated with the Nimrod Routing system and has no defining RFC document.

STIG	Date
Perimeter Router Security Technical Implementation Guide Cisco	2017-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-39275r1_chk )
Review the perimeter router or multi-layer switch configuration and determine if filters are bound to the applicable interfaces to drop all inbound and outbound IPv6 packets containing an option type values of 0x8A (Endpoint Identification) regardless of whether it appears in a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header. The following example will block any inbound IPv6 packet containing an extension header with the option type value of 0x8A (Endpoint Identification): interface FastEthernet0/1 description DISN CORE facing ipv6 address 2001:1:0:146::4/64 ipv6 traffic-filter IPV6_INGRESS_ACL in ! … ! ipv6 access-list IPV6-INGRESS_ACL deny any any dest-option-type 138 permit ipv6 … … deny ipv6 any any or ipv6 access-list IPV6_INGRESS_ACL deny any any dest-option permit ipv6 … … deny ipv6 any any Because hop-by-hop and destination options have the same exact header format, they are combined under the dest-option-type keyword. According to Cisco, since Hop-by-Hop and Destination Option headers have non-overlapping types, you can use dest-option-type to match either. You can filter the Hop-by-Hop and Destination Option headers via protocol 0 and 60 respectively.

Check Text ( C-39275r1_chk )

Review the perimeter router or multi-layer switch configuration and determine if filters are bound to the applicable interfaces to drop all inbound and outbound IPv6 packets containing an option type values of 0x8A (Endpoint Identification) regardless of whether it appears in a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header.

The following example will block any inbound IPv6 packet containing an extension header with the option type value of 0x8A (Endpoint Identification):

interface FastEthernet0/1
description DISN CORE facing
ipv6 address 2001:1:0:146::4/64
ipv6 traffic-filter IPV6_INGRESS_ACL in
!
…
!
ipv6 access-list IPV6-INGRESS_ACL
deny any any dest-option-type 138
permit ipv6 …
…
deny ipv6 any any

or

ipv6 access-list IPV6_INGRESS_ACL
deny any any dest-option
permit ipv6 …
…
deny ipv6 any any

Because hop-by-hop and destination options have the same exact header format, they are combined under the dest-option-type keyword. According to Cisco, since Hop-by-Hop and Destination Option headers have non-overlapping types, you can use dest-option-type to match either. You can filter the Hop-by-Hop and Destination Option headers via protocol 0 and 60 respectively.

Fix Text (F-34382r1_fix)
Configure the perimeter router or multi-layer switch to drop all inbound and outbound IPv6 packets containing an option type values of 0x8A (Endpoint Identification) regardless of whether it appears in a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header