The Cisco perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option extension header with an undefined option type.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-230160 | CISC-RT-000398 | SV-230160r1132543_rule | CCI-002403 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The optional and extensible natures of the IPv6 extension headers require higher scrutiny since many implementations do not always drop packets with headers that it cannot recognize, and hence could cause a Denial-of-Service on the target device. In addition, the type, length, value (TLV) formatting provides the ability for headers to be very large. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Cisco IOS XR Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-08-19 | |||
Related Frameworks
1 mapping across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
SCF0 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source
Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
NIST 800-530 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 2 hops (8) derived by us, not asserted by any source
Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R4our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R4intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002403
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R3intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-230160r1132543_chk)
This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN Backbone.
Review the router configuration and determine if filters are bound to the applicable interfaces to drop all inbound IPv6 packets containing an undefined option type value regardless of whether they appear in a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header. Undefined values are 0x02, 0x03, 0x06, 0x9 – 0xE, 0x10 – 0x22, 0x24, 0x25, 0x27 – 0x2F, and 0x31 – 0xFF.
Step 1: Verify that an inbound IPv6 ACL has been configured on the external interface.
interface interface gigabitethernet 0/2/0/2
ipv6 address 2001::1:0:22/64
ipv6 access-group FILTER_IPV6 ingress
Step 2: Verify that the ACL drops IPv6 packets containing Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option extension headers as shown in the example below.
ipv6 access-list FILTER_IPV6
10 deny 60 any any dest-option log
20 deny hbh any any dest-option log
30 permit …
…
…
…
90 deny ipv6 any any log
Note: Cisco has deprecated the dest-option-type command used to filter by option type within the Destination Option and Hop-by-Hop header. Therefore, all packets with the Destination Option header and Hop-by-Hop options must be dropped.
If the router is not configured to drop IPv6 packets containing a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option extension headers with destination options, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-32450r1132542_fix)
Configure the router to drop all inbound IPv6 packets containing option type values regardless of whether they appear in a Hop-by-Hop or Destination Option header as shown in the example below.
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)# ipv6 access-list FILTER_IPV6
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-ipv6-acl)# deny 60 any any dest-option log
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-ipv6-acl)# deny hbh any any dest-option log
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-ipv6-acl)# permit ipv6 …
…
…
…
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-ipv6-acl)# deny ipv6 any any log
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-ipv6-acl)# exit
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config)# interface gigabitethernet 0/2/0/2
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-if)# ipv6 access-group FILTER_IPV6 ingress
RP/0/0/CPU0:R3(config-if)# end