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V-207140CAT II — Medium severitySV-207140r604135_rule

The PE router must be configured with Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) loose mode enabled on all CE-facing interfaces..

Rule version SRG-NET-000205-RTR-000008 · STIG v5 · 2025-09-10

Discussion

The uRPF feature is a defense against spoofing and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by verifying if the source address of any ingress packet is reachable. To mitigate attacks that rely on forged source addresses, all provider edge routers must enable uRPF loose mode to guarantee that all packets received from a CE router contain source addresses that are in the route table.

Check

Review the router configuration to determine if uRPF loose mode is enabled on all CE-facing interfaces.

If uRPF loose mode is not enabled on all CE-facing interfaces, this is a finding.

Fix

Enable uRPF loose mode on all CE-facing interfaces.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-207140
Group title
SRG-NET-000205
Rule ID
SV-207140r604135_rule
Check ID
C-7401r382358_chk
Fix ID
F-7401r382359_fix