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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to inspect all inbound and outbound IPv6 traffic for unknown or out-of-order extension headers.

    IPv6 packets with unknown extension headers as well as out-of-order headers can create Denial-of-Service attacks for other networking components as well as host devices. IPv6 inspection can check c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000364-FW-000042

    Group
  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to restrict it from accepting outbound packets that contain an illegitimate address in the source address field via an egress filter or by enabling Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF).

    A compromised host in an enclave can be used by a malicious platform to launch cyberattacks on third parties. This is a common practice in "botnets", which are a collection of compromised computers...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000392-FW-000042

    Group
  • The Cisco ASA must be configured to generate an alert that can be forwarded to organization-defined personnel and/or the firewall administrator when denial-of-service (DoS) incidents are detected.

    Without an alert, security personnel may be unaware of major detection incidents that require immediate action, and this delay may result in the loss or compromise of information. The firewall gen...
    Rule Medium Severity

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