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The Arista router must be configured to drop all fragmented Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets destined to itself.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Fragmented ICMP packets can be generated by hackers for DoS attacks such as Ping O' Death and Teardrop. It is imperative that all fragmented ICMP packets are dropped.

ID
SV-256017r882393_rule
Version
ARST-RT-000350
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Ensure all Arista routers have their receive path filter configured to drop all fragmented ICMP packets.

Step 1: Configure the ACL to filter the fragmented ICMP packets destined to itself.

LEAF-1A(config)#ip access-list ICMP_FRAGMENTS
LEAF-1A(config-acl-ICMP_FRAGMENTS)# 10 deny ip any any fragments