The multicast Designated Router (DR) must be configured to filter the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Report messages to allow hosts to join only multicast groups that have been approved by the organization.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-207168 | SRG-NET-000364-RTR-000114 | SV-207168r856652_rule | CCI-002403 | low |
| Description | ||||
| Real-time multicast traffic can entail multiple large flows of data. Large unicast flows tend to be fairly isolated (i.e., someone doing a file download here or there), whereas multicast can have broader impact on bandwidth consumption, resulting in extreme network congestion. Hence, it is imperative that there is multicast admission control to restrict which multicast groups hosts are allowed to join via IGMP or MLD. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Router Security Requirements Guide | 2024-05-28 | |||
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)5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)5intersects(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)5intersects(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)5intersects(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)5intersects(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)5intersects(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)5intersects(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)5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)5intersects(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)5intersects(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)5intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-207168r856652_chk)
Review the configuration of the DR to verify that it is filtering IGMP or MLD report messages, allowing hosts to join only those groups that have been approved.
Note: This requirement is only applicable to Source Specific Multicast (SSM) implementation. This requirement is not applicable to Any Source Multicast (ASM) since the filtering is being performed by the Rendezvous Point router.
If the DR is not filtering IGMP or MLD report messages, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-7429r382533_fix)
Configure the DR to filter the IGMP and MLD report messages to allow hosts to join only those multicast groups that have been approved.