STIGUI
V-256058CAT II — Medium severitySV-256058r882516_rule

The Arista router must not be configured to use IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses.

Rule version ARST-RT-000790 · STIG v2 · 2025-02-20

Discussion

As currently defined, site local addresses are ambiguous and can be present in multiple sites. The address itself does not contain any indication of the site to which it belongs. The use of site-local addresses has the potential to adversely affect network security through leaks, ambiguity, and potential misrouting as documented in section 2 of RFC3879. RFC3879 formally deprecates the IPv6 site-local unicast prefix FEC0::/10 as defined in RFC3513.

Check

Review the Arista router configuration to ensure FEC0::/10 IP addresses are not defined.

Step 1: Verify that FECO::/10 IPv6 addresses are not configured.

interface ethernet 3 no routerport ipv6 address FD6D:8D64:AF0C:2::/64

If IPv6 Site Local Unicast addresses are defined, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the Arista router using authorized IPv6 addresses.

Step 1: Configure the interface with IPv6 address.

LEAF-1A(config-if-Et3)#interface ethernet 3 LEAF-1A(config-if-Et3)#no routerport LEAF-1A(config-if-Et3)#ipv6 address FD6D:8D64:AF0C:2::/64

Identifiers

Group ID
V-256058
Group title
SRG-NET-000512-RTR-000013
Rule ID
SV-256058r882516_rule
Check ID
C-59734r882514_chk
Fix ID
F-59677r882515_fix