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The VPN Gateway must terminate all network connections associated with a communications session at the end of the session.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-207221SRG-NET-000213-VPN-000720SV-207221r971530_ruleCCI-001133low
Description
Idle TCP sessions can be susceptible to unauthorized access and hijacking attacks. By default, routers do not continually test whether a previously connected TCP endpoint is still reachable. If one end of a TCP connection idles out or terminates abnormally, the opposite end of the connection may still believe the session is available. These “orphaned” sessions use up valuable router resources and can be hijacked by an attacker. To mitigate this risk, routers must be configured to send periodic keep alive messages to check that the remote end of a session is still connected. If the remote device fails to respond to the TCP keep alive message, the sending router will clear the connection and free resources allocated to the session.
STIGDate
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Security Requirements Guide2025-09-10

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

NET-07Network Connection Termination
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (24) 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.

AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-12(2)Termination Message
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00

+14 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

3.13.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001133
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-207221r971530_chk)

Verify the VPN Gateway terminates all network connections associated with a communications session at the end of the session. If the VPN Gateway does not terminate all network connections associated with a communications session at the end of the session, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7481r378285_fix)

Configure the VPN Gateway to terminate all network connections associated with a communications session at the end of the session.