The Cisco switch must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-220998 | CISC-RT-000150 | SV-220998r856403_rule | CCI-002385 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| A gratuitous ARP is an ARP broadcast in which the source and destination MAC addresses are the same. It is used to inform the network about a host IP address. A spoofed gratuitous ARP message can cause network mapping information to be stored incorrectly, causing network malfunction. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Cisco IOS XE Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-20 | |||
Related Frameworks
2 paths across 2 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
SC-5
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002385
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-220998r856403_chk)
Review the configuration to determine if gratuitous ARP is disabled. The following command should not be found in the switch configuration:
ip gratuitous-arps
Note: With Cisco IOS, Gratuitous ARP is enabled and disabled globally.
If gratuitous ARP is enabled on any external interface, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-22702r408789_fix)
Disable gratuitous ARP as shown in the example below:
SW1(config)#no ip gratuitous-arps