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V-220147CAT II — Medium severitySV-220147r950991_rule

The perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 undetermined transport packets.

Rule version SRG-NET-000364-RTR-000200 · STIG v5 · 2025-09-10

Discussion

One of the fragmentation weaknesses known in IPv6 is the undetermined transport packet. This packet contains an undetermined protocol due to fragmentation. Depending on the length of the IPv6 extension header chain, the initial fragment may not contain the layer four port information of the packet.

Check

This requirement is not applicable for the DODIN Backbone.

Review the router configuration to determine if it is configured to drop IPv6 undetermined transport packets.

If the router is not configured to drop IPv6 undetermined transport packets, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the router to drop IPv6 undetermined transport packets.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220147
Group title
SRG-NET-000364
Rule ID
SV-220147r950991_rule
Check ID
C-21862r856662_chk
Fix ID
F-21855r457770_fix