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CISC-L2-000140

The Cisco switch must have IP Source Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.

Finding ID
CISC-L2-000140
Rule ID
CISC-L2-000140_rule
Severity
Cat II
CCE
(None)
Group Title
SRG-NET-000362-L2S-000026
CCI
CCI-002385
Target Key
(None)
Documentable
No
Discussion

IP Source Guard provides source IP address filtering on a Layer 2 port to prevent a malicious host from impersonating a legitimate host by assuming the legitimate host's IP address. The feature uses dynamic DHCP snooping and static IP source binding to match IP addresses to hosts on untrusted Layer 2 access ports. Initially, all IP traffic on the protected port is blocked except for DHCP packets. After a client receives an IP address from the DHCP server, or after static IP source binding is configured by the administrator, all traffic with that IP source address is permitted from that client. Traffic from other hosts is denied. This filtering limits a host's ability to attack the network by claiming a neighbor host's IP address.

Fix Text

Configure the switch to have IP Source Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports. SW2(config)#int range g0/0 - 9 SW2(config-if-range)#ip verify source

Check Content

Review the switch configuration to verify that IP Source Guard is enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports as shown in the example below: interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip verify source ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip verify source … … … interface GigabitEthernet0/9 ip verify source Note: The IP Source Guard feature depends on the entries in the DHCP snooping database or static IP-MAC-VLAN configuration commands to verify IP-to-MAC address bindings. If the switch does not have IP Source Guard enabled on all untrusted access switch ports, this is a finding.