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The Cisco BGP router must be configured to limit the prefix size on any inbound route advertisement to /24, or the least significant prefixes issued to the customer.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-216695CISC-RT-000570SV-216695r855825_ruleCCI-002385low
Description
The effects of prefix de-aggregation can degrade router performance due to the size of routing tables and also result in black-holing legitimate traffic. Initiated by an attacker or a misconfigured router, prefix de-aggregation occurs when the announcement of a large prefix is fragmented into a collection of smaller prefix announcements.
STIGDate
Cisco IOS XE Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-08-14

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

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Also reachable in 3 hops (13) derived by us, not asserted by any source

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MON-01Continuous Monitoring
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MON-01.1Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems (IDS & IPS)
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MON-01.3Inbound & Outbound Communications Traffic
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MON-01.4System Generated Alerts
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MON-01.8Security Event Monitoring
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NET-01Network Security Controls (NSC)
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NET-02Layered Network Defenses
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SEA-01Secure Engineering Principles
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SEA-02Alignment With Enterprise Architecture
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CAP-01Capacity & Performance Management
0.50

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NIST 800-530 mappings

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AC-10Concurrent Session Control
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AC-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access
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AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
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AC-3Access Enforcement
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AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
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AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
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AU-12Audit Record Generation
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AU-3Content of Audit Records
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AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
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CM-11(2)Software Installation with Privileged Status
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CCI1 mapping
CCI-002385
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NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

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DE.CM-01
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PR.IR-01
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PR.IR-04
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Who does this work

12 NICE work roles and 9 EC-Council certifications.

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Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-216695r855825_chk)

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN Backbone. Review the router configuration to determine if it is compliant with this requirement. Step 1: Verify that a route filter has been configured to reject prefixes longer than /24, or the least significant prefixes issued to the customers as shown in the example below: ip prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH seq 5 permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8 le 24 ip prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH seq 10 deny 0.0.0.0/0 le 32 Step 2: Verify that prefix filtering has been applied to each eBGP peer as shown in the example: router bgp xx neighbor x.1.1.9 remote-as yy neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH in neighbor x.2.1.7 remote-as zz neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH in If the router is not configured to limit the prefix size on any inbound route advertisement to /24, or the least significant prefixes issued to the customer, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-17926r288031_fix)

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN Backbone. Configure the router to limit the prefix size on any route advertisement to /24 or the least significant prefixes issued to the customer. Step 1: Configure a prefix list to reject any prefix that is longer than /24. R1(config)#ip prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH permit 0.0.0.0/0 ge 8 le 24 R1(config)#ip prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH deny 0.0.0.0/0 le 32 Step 2: Apply the prefix list to all eBGP peers as shown in the example below. R1(config)#router bgp xx R1(config-router)#neighbor x.1.1.9 prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH in R1(config-router)#neighbor x.2.1.7 prefix-list FILTER_PREFIX_LENGTH in