Skip to content

The perimeter router must be configured to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Many of the known attacks in stateless autoconfiguration are defined in RFC 3756 were present in IPv4 ARP attacks. To mitigate these vulnerabilities, links that have no hosts connected such as the interface connecting to external gateways must be configured to suppress router advertisements.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-220146r604135_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the router to suppress Router Advertisements on all external IPv6-enabled interfaces.