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The Dell OS10 Router must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

A gratuitous ARP is an ARP broadcast in which the source and destination MAC addresses are the same. It is used to inform the network about a host IP address. A spoofed gratuitous ARP message can cause network mapping information to be stored incorrectly, causing network malfunction.

ID
SV-269887r1052046_rule
Version
OS10-RTR-000620
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the Dell OS10 Switch to disable gratuitous arp on all external interfaces as shown in the example below:

OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/1)# no ip arp gratuitous update