Router Security Requirements Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The out-of-band management (OOBM) gateway router must be configured to not redistribute routes between the management network routing domain and the managed network routing domain.
<VulnDiscussion>If the gateway router is not a dedicated device for the OOBM network, several safeguards must be implemented for containment ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000019
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The multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) router must be configured to filter Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Register messages received from the Designated Router (DR) for any undesirable multicast groups and sources.
<VulnDiscussion>Real-time multicast traffic can entail multiple large flows of data. An attacker can flood a network segment with multicast p...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-NET-000019
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The multicast Rendezvous Point (RP) router must be configured to filter Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Join messages received from the Designated Router (DR) for any undesirable multicast groups.
<VulnDiscussion>Real-time multicast traffic can entail multiple large flows of data. An attacker can flood a network segment with multicast p...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-NET-000076
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The router must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish where the events occurred.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000077
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The router must be configured to produce audit records containing information to establish the source of the events.
<VulnDiscussion>Without establishing the source of the event, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000078
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The router must be configured to log all packets that have been dropped.
<VulnDiscussion>Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. It is essential for security personnel to know what is ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-NET-000131
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The router must be configured to have all non-essential capabilities disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>A compromised router introduces risk to the entire network infrastructure, as well as data resources that are accessible via ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-NET-000168
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The router must be configured to use encryption for routing protocol authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>A rogue router could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter router to send traffic to an incorrect o...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000168
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The router must be configured to authenticate all routing protocol messages using NIST-validated FIPS 198-1 message authentication code algorithm.
<VulnDiscussion>A rogue router could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter router to send traffic to an incorrect o...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000192
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The PE router must be configured with Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) loose mode enabled on all CE-facing interfaces..
<VulnDiscussion>The uRPF feature is a defense against spoofing and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by verifying if the source address of any ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-NET-000205
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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