The Cisco ISR 4000 Series router must establish boundaries for IPv6 Admin-Local, IPv6 Site-Local, IPv6 Organization-Local scope, and IPv4 Local-Scope multicast traffic.

From Cisco IOS XE Release 3 RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000005

Associated with: CCI-001414

SV-88777r1_rule The Cisco ISR 4000 Series router must establish boundaries for IPv6 Admin-Local, IPv6 Site-Local, IPv6 Organization-Local scope, and IPv4 Local-Scope multicast traffic.

Vulnerability discussion

If multicast traffic is forwarded beyond the intended boundary, it is possible that it can be intercepted by unauthorized or unintended personnel.Administrative scoped multicast addresses are locally assigned and are to be used exclusively by the enterprise network or enclave. Administrative scoped multicast traffic must not cross the enclave perimeter in either direction. Restricting multicast traffic makes it more difficult for a malicious user to access sensitive traffic.Admin-Local scope is encouraged for any multicast traffic within a network intended for network management, as well as for control plane traffic that must reach beyond link-local destinations.

Check content

Review the multicast topology diagram to determine if there are any documented Admin-Local (FFx4::/16), Site-Local (FFx5::/16), or Organization-Local (FFx8::/16) multicast boundaries for IPv6 traffic or any Local-Scope (239.255.0.0/16) boundaries for IPv4 traffic. Verify the appropriate boundaries are configured on the applicable multicast-enabled interfaces. The configuration should look similar to the example below: interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0 ip address 192.168.25.75 255.255.255.0 ip access-group v4_Local_Scope out ipv6 address 2001:192:168:25::75/64 ipv6 multicast boundary scope 4 end Extended IP access list v4_Local_Scope 10 deny ip 239.255.0.0 0.0.255.255 any log Note: The IPv6 scopes are defined as: admin-local Admin-local(4) organization-local Organization-local(8) site-local Site-local(5) If the appropriate boundaries are not configured on applicable multicast-enabled interfaces, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the ISR 4000 with the appropriate IPv6 multicast boundary scopes and with the appropriate IPv4 access control lists, as seen in the example below: interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0 ip address 192.168.25.75 255.255.255.0 ip access-group V4_LOCAL_SCOPE out ipv6 address 2001:192:168:25::75/64 ipv6 multicast boundary scope 4 ! ip access list extended V4_LOCAL_SCOPE 10 deny ip 239.255.0.0 0.0.255.255 any log Note: The IPv6 scopes are defined as follows: subnet-local (3) admin-local (4) site-local (5) organization-local (8)

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