The Cisco BGP router must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system (AS).

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-216598r531085_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001368
Updated: 8 months ago

Configure the router to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local AS.

Step 1: Add to the prefix filter list those prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system.

R1(config)#ip prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER seq 74 deny x.13.1.0/24 le 32
Step 2: If not already completed to be compliant with previous requirement, apply the prefix list filter inbound to each external BGP neighbor as shown in the example.

R1(config)#router bgp xx
R1(config-router)#neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in
R1(config-router)#neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list PREFIX_FILTER in

The Cisco BGP router must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system (AS).

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure