The router must be configured to restrict traffic destined to itself.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-78215	SRG-NET-000205-RTR-000001	SV-92921r1_rule		High

Description
The router must be able to securely handle specific control plane and management plane traffic that is destined to it. Using the ingress filter on forwarding interfaces is a method that has been used in the past to filter both forwarding path and receive path traffic. However, this method does not scale well as the number of interfaces grows and the size of the ingress filters grows. Applying a small and manageable filter directly on the router’s receive path to restrict this traffic is considered an industry best practice.

Description

The router must be able to securely handle specific control plane and management plane traffic that is destined to it. Using the ingress filter on forwarding interfaces is a method that has been used in the past to filter both forwarding path and receive path traffic. However, this method does not scale well as the number of interfaces grows and the size of the ingress filters grows. Applying a small and manageable filter directly on the router’s receive path to restrict this traffic is considered an industry best practice.

STIG	Date
Router Security Requirements Guide	2018-01-26

Details

Check Text ( C-77771r1_chk )
Review the access control list (ACL) or filter for the router receive path and verify that it will only process specific management plane and control plane traffic from specific sources. If the router is not configured with a receive-path filter to restrict traffic destined to itself, this is a finding. Note: If the platform does not support the receive path filter, verify that all Layer 3 interfaces have an ingress ACL to control what packets are allowed to be destined to the router for processing.

Check Text ( C-77771r1_chk )

Review the access control list (ACL) or filter for the router receive path and verify that it will only process specific management plane and control plane traffic from specific sources.

If the router is not configured with a receive-path filter to restrict traffic destined to itself, this is a finding.

Note: If the platform does not support the receive path filter, verify that all Layer 3 interfaces have an ingress ACL to control what packets are allowed to be destined to the router for processing.

Fix Text (F-84943r1_fix)
Configure all routers with receive path filters to restrict traffic destined to the router.