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XCCDF
Cisco ASA Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-NET-000193-FW-000030
SRG-NET-000193-FW-000030
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-NET-000193-FW-000030
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The Cisco ASA must be configured to enable threat detection to mitigate risks of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>A firewall experiencing a DoS attack will not be able to handle production traffic load. The high utilization and CPU caused by a DoS attack will also have an effect on control keep-alives and timers used for neighbor peering, resulting in route flapping and will eventually black-hole production traffic. The device must be configured to contain and limit a DoS attack's effect on the device's resource utilization. The use of redundant components and load balancing are examples of mitigating "flood-type" DoS attacks through increased capacity.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>