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-40434r1_rule	ECSC-1	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 Juniper	2015-07-01

Details

Check Text ( C-39276r1_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 a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header: interfaces fe-0/0/1 { unit 0 { family inet6 { filter { input IPV6-INGRESS-FILTER; } address 2001:1:0:146::4/64; } } } firewall { filter IPV6-INGRESS-FILTER { term DROP- HOP-BY-HOP { from { next-header { hop-by-hop; } } then { syslog; discard; } } term DROP-DEST-OPT { from { next-header { dstops; } } then { syslog; discard; } } … … term default-action { then { syslog; discard; } } } } Note: Currently JUNOS has no method to filter option type within either Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header. Hence, all packets with a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option headers must be dropped.

Check Text ( C-39276r1_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 a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header:

interfaces fe-0/0/1 {
unit 0 {
family inet6 {
filter {
input IPV6-INGRESS-FILTER;
}
address 2001:1:0:146::4/64;
}
}
}

firewall {
filter IPV6-INGRESS-FILTER {
term DROP- HOP-BY-HOP {
from {
next-header {
hop-by-hop;
}
}
then {
syslog;
discard;
}
}
term DROP-DEST-OPT {
from {
next-header {
dstops;
}
}
then {
syslog;
discard;
}
}
…
…
term default-action {
then {
syslog;
discard;
}
}
}
}

Note: Currently JUNOS has no method to filter option type within either Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header. Hence, all packets with a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option headers must be dropped.

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