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The Cisco switch must have all disabled switch ports assigned to an unused VLAN.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

A disabled port that is assigned to a user or management VLAN may become enabled by accident or by an attacker and as a result may gain access to that VLAN as a member.

ID
SV-220641r991848_rule
Version
CISC-L2-000210
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Assign all switch ports not in use to an inactive VLAN.

Step 1: Assign the disabled interfaces to an inactive VLAN:

SW3(config)#int range g0/0 – 9
SW3(config-if-range)# switchport access vlan 999