Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin-
This Applied Mitigation Bulletin is a companion document to the PSIRT Security Advisory Cisco IOS XR Software Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability and provides identification and mitigation techniques that administrators can deploy on Cisco network devices.
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The Cisco IOS XR Software version 4.3.1 software contains a vulnerability when it processes a crafted flood of UDP IP version 4 (IPv4) and IP version 6 (IPv6) packets. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication and without end-user interaction. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The attack vector for exploitation is through IPv4 and IPv6 packets using the UDP transport protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using spoofed packets.
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier CVE-2013-5503.
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Information about vulnerable, unaffected, and fixed software is available in the Cisco Security Advisory, which is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131002-iosxr
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Cisco devices provide several countermeasures for this vulnerability. Administrators are advised to consider these protection methods to be general security best practices for infrastructure devices and the traffic that transits the network. This section of the document provides an overview of these techniques.
Cisco IOS Software can provide effective means of exploit prevention using the following methods:
- Infrastructure access control lists (iACLs)
- Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
- IP source guard (IPSG)
These protection mechanisms filter and drop, as well as verify the source IP address of, packets that are attempting to exploit this vulnerability.
The proper deployment and configuration of uRPF provides an effective means of protection against attacks that use packets with spoofed source IP addresses. uRPF should be deployed as close to all traffic sources as possible.
The proper deployment and configuration of IPSG provides an effective means of protection against spoofing attacks at the access layer.
Effective means of exploit prevention can also be provided by the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module (ASASM), and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers using the following:
- Transit access control lists (tACLs)
- uRPF
These protection mechanisms filter and drop, as well as verify the source IP address of, packets that are attempting to exploit this vulnerability.
Cisco IOS NetFlow records can provide visibility into network-based exploitation attempts.
Cisco IOS Software, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASASM, and Cisco FWSM firewalls can provide visibility through syslog messages and counter values displayed in the output from show commands.
Effective use of Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) event actions provides visibility into and protection against attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability.
The Cisco Security Manager can also provide visibility through incidents, queries, and event reporting.
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Organizations are advised to follow their standard risk evaluation and mitigation processes to determine the potential impact of this vulnerability. Triage refers to sorting projects and prioritizing efforts that are most likely to be successful. Cisco has provided documents that can help organizations develop a risk-based triage capability for their information security teams. Risk Triage for Security Vulnerability Announcements and Risk Triage and Prototyping can help organizations develop repeatable security evaluation and response processes.
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Device-Specific Mitigation and Identification
Caution:The effectiveness of any mitigation technique depends on specific customer situations such as product mix, network topology, traffic behavior, and organizational mission. As with any configuration change, evaluate the impact of this configuration prior to applying the change.
Specific information about mitigation and identification is available for these devices:
- Cisco IOS Routers and Switches
- Cisco IOS NetFlow and Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow
- Cisco ASA, Cisco ASASM, and Cisco FWSM Firewalls
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System
- Cisco Security Manager
Cisco IOS Routers and Switches
Mitigation: Infrastructure Access Control Lists
To protect infrastructure devices and minimize the risk, impact, and effectiveness of direct infrastructure attacks, administrators are advised to deploy infrastructure access control lists (iACLs) to perform policy enforcement of traffic sent to infrastructure equipment. Administrators can construct an iACL by explicitly permitting only authorized traffic sent to infrastructure devices in accordance with existing security policies and configurations. For the maximum protection of infrastructure devices, deployed iACLs should be applied in the ingress direction on all interfaces to which an IP address has been configured. An iACL workaround cannot provide complete protection against this vulnerability when the attack originates from a trusted source address.
The iACL policy denies unauthorized IPv4 and IPv6 UDP packets that are sent to affected devices. In the following example, 192.168.60.0/24 and 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 represent the IP address space that is used by the affected devices, and the hosts at 192.168.100.1 and 2001:DB8::100:1 are considered trusted sources that require access to the affected devices. Care should be taken to allow required traffic for routing and administrative access prior to denying all unauthorized traffic. Whenever possible, infrastructure address space should be distinct from the address space used for user and services segments. Using this addressing methodology will assist with the construction and deployment of iACLs.
Additional information about iACLs is in Protecting Your Core: Infrastructure Protection Access Control Lists.
Caution: Filtering UDP packets to affected devices could disable services using UDP as a transport. These services include domain name system (DNS) and simple network management protocol (SNMP). The network administrator should carefully consider the use of this mitigation prior to deployment.
ip access-list extended Infrastructure-ACL-Policy ! !-- Include explicit permit statements for trusted !-- sources that require access over UDP ! permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 ! !-- The following vulnerability-specific access control !-- entry (ACE) can aid in identification of attacks ! deny udp any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 ! !-- Explicit deny ACE for traffic sent to addresses configured within !-- the infrastructure address space ! deny ip any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 ! !-- Permit or deny all other Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic in accordance !-- with existing security policies and configurations ! ! !-- Create the corresponding IPv6 iACL ! ipv6 access-list IPv6-Infrastructure-ACL-Policy ! !-- Include explicit permit statements for trusted !-- sources that require access over UDP ! permit udp host 2001:DB8::100:1 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 ! !-- The following vulnerability-specific ACE !-- can aid in identification of attacks ! deny udp any 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 ! !-- Permit other required traffic to the infrastructure address !-- range and allow IPv6 neighbor discovery packets, which !-- include neighbor solicitation packets and neighbor !-- advertisement packets ! permit icmp any any nd-ns permit icmp any any nd-na ! !-- Explicit deny for all other IPv6 traffic to the global !-- infrastructure address range !
deny ipv6 any 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 !
!-- Permit or deny all other Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic !-- in accordance with existing security policies and configurations ! ! !-- Apply iACLs to interfaces in the ingress direction ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip access-group Infrastructure-ACL-Policy in ipv6 traffic-filter IPv6-Infrastructure-ACL-Policy inNote that filtering with an interface access list will elicit the transmission of ICMP unreachable messages back to the source of the filtered traffic. Generating these messages could have the undesired effect of increasing CPU utilization on the device. In Cisco IOS Software, ICMP unreachable generation is limited to one packet every 500 milliseconds by default. ICMP unreachable message generation can be disabled using the interface configuration commands no ip unreachables and no ipv6 unreachables. ICMP unreachable rate limiting can be changed from the default using the global configuration commands ip icmp rate-limit unreachable interval-in-ms and ipv6 icmp error-interval interval-in-ms.
Identification: Infrastructure Access Control Lists
After the administrator applies the iACL to an interface, the show ip access-lists and show ipv6 access-list commands will identify the number of IPv4 and IPv6 UDP packets that have been filtered on interfaces on which the iACL is applied. Administrators should investigate filtered packets to determine whether they are attempts to exploit this vulnerability. Example output for show ip access-lists Infrastructure-ACL-Policy and show ipv6 access-list IPv6-Infrastructure-ACL-Policy follows:
router#show ip access-lists Infrastructure-ACL-Policy Extended IP access list Infrastructure-ACL-Policy 10 permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 (12 matches) 20 deny udp any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 (45 matches) 30 deny ip any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 (6 matches) router#In the preceding example, access list Infrastructure-ACL-Policy has dropped 45 UDP packets on for access control list entry (ACE) line 20.
router#show ipv6 access-list IPv6-Infrastructure-ACL-Policy IPv6 access list IPv6-Infrastructure-ACL-Policy permit udp host 2001:DB8::100:1 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 (13 matches) sequence 10 deny udp any 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 (30 matches) sequence 20 permit icmp any any nd-ns (8 matches) sequence 30 permit icmp any any nd-na (3 matches) sequence 40 deny ipv6 any 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 (5 matches) sequence 50In the preceding example, access list IPv6-Infrastructure-ACL-Policy has dropped 30 UDP packets for access control list entry (ACE) line 20.
For additional information about investigating incidents using ACE counters and syslog events, reference the Identifying Incidents Using Firewall and IOS Router Syslog Events Cisco Security Intelligence Operations white paper.
Administrators can use Embedded Event Manager to provide instrumentation when specific conditions are met, such as ACE counter hits. The Cisco Security Intelligence Operations white paper Embedded Event Manager in a Security Context provides additional details about how to use this feature.
Identification: Access List Logging
The log and log-input access control list (ACL) option will cause packets that match specific ACEs to be logged. The log-input option enables logging of the ingress interface in addition to the packet source and destination IP addresses and ports.
Caution: Access control list logging can be very CPU intensive and must be used with extreme caution. Factors that drive the CPU impact of ACL logging are log generation, log transmission, and process switching to forward packets that match log-enabled ACEs.
For Cisco IOS Software, the ip access-list logging interval interval-in-ms command can limit the effects of process switching induced by IPv4 ACL logging. The logging rate-limit rate-per-second [except loglevel] command limits the impact of log generation and transmission.
The CPU impact from ACL logging can be addressed in hardware on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers with Supervisor Engine 720 or Supervisor Engine 32 using optimized ACL logging.
For additional information about the configuration and use of ACL logging, reference the Understanding Access Control List Logging Cisco Security Intelligence Operations white paper.
Mitigation: Spoofing Protection
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
The vulnerability that is described in this document can be exploited by spoofed IP packets. Administrators can deploy and configure Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) as a protection mechanism against spoofing.
uRPF is configured at the interface level and can detect and drop packets that lack a verifiable source IP address. Administrators should not rely on uRPF to provide complete spoofing protection because spoofed packets may enter the network through a uRPF-enabled interface if an appropriate return route to the source IP address exists. Administrators are advised to take care to ensure that the appropriate uRPF mode (loose or strict) is configured during the deployment of this feature because it can drop legitimate traffic that is transiting the network. In an enterprise environment, uRPF may be enabled at the Internet edge and the internal access layer on the user-supporting Layer 3 interfaces.
For additional information about the configuration and use of uRPF, reference the Understanding Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding Cisco Security Intelligence Operations white paper.
IP Source Guard
IP source guard (IPSG) is a security feature that restricts IP traffic on nonrouted, Layer 2 interfaces by filtering packets based on the DHCP snooping binding database and manually configured IP source bindings. Administrators can use IPSG to prevent attacks from an attacker who attempts to spoof packets by forging the source IP address and/or the MAC address. When properly deployed and configured, IPSG coupled with strict mode uRPF provides the most effective means of spoofing protection for the vulnerability that is described in this document.
Additional information about the deployment and configuration of IPSG is in Configuring DHCP Features and IP Source Guard.
Identification: Spoofing Protection Using Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
With uRPF properly deployed and configured throughout the network infrastructure, administrators can use the show cef interface type slot/port internal, show ip interface, show cef drop, show ip cef switching statistics feature, and show ip traffic commands to identify the number of packets that uRPF has dropped.
Note: Beginning with Cisco IOS Software Release 12.4(20)T, the command show ip cef switching has been replaced by show ip cef switching statistics feature.
Note: The show command | begin regex and show command | include regex command modifiers are used in the following examples to minimize the amount of output that administrators will need to parse to view the desired information. Additional information about command modifiers is in the show command sections of the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference.
router#show cef interface GigabitEthernet 0/0 internal | include drop ip verify: via=rx (allow default), acl=0, drop=18, sdrop=0 IPv6 unicast RPF: via=rx acl=None, drop=10, sdrop=0 (if IPv6 applies) router#
Note: show cef interface type slot/port internal is a hidden command that must be fully entered at the command-line interface. Command completion is not available for it.
router#show cef drop CEF Drop Statistics Slot Encap_fail Unresolved Unsupported No_route No_adj ChkSum_Err RP 27 0 0 18 0 0 router# router#show ip interface GigabitEthernet 0/0 | begin verify IP verify source reachable-via RX, allow default, allow self-ping 18 verification drops 0 suppressed verification drops router# router#show ipv6 interface GigabitEthernet 0/0 | section IPv6 verify IPv6 verify source reachable-via rx 0 verification drop(s) (process), 10 (CEF) 0 suppressed verification drop(s) (process), 0 (CEF) -- CLI Output Truncated -- router# router#show ip cef switching statistics feature IPv4 CEF input features:
Path Feature Drop Consume Punt Punt2Host Gave route
RP PAS uRPF 18 0 0 0 0 Total 18 0 0 0 0 -- CLI Output Truncated -- router# router#show ipv6 cef switching statistics feature IPv6 CEF input features: Feature Drop Consume Punt Punt2Host Gave route RP LES Verify Unicast R 10 0 0 0 0 Total 10 0 0 0 0 -- CLI Output Truncated -- router# router#show ip traffic | include RPF 18 no route, 18 unicast RPF, 0 forced drop router# router#show ipv6 traffic | include RPF 10 RPF drops, 0 RPF suppressed, 0 forced drop router#In the preceding show cef interface type slot/port internal, show cef drop, show ip interface type slot/port and show ipv6 interface type slot/port, show ip cef switching statistics feature and show ipv6 cef switching statistics feature, and show ip traffic and show ipv6 traffic examples, uRPF has dropped the following packets received globally on all interfaces with uRPF configured because of the inability to verify the source address of the IP packets within the forwarding information base of Cisco Express Forwarding.
- 18 IPv4 packets
- 10 IPv6 packets
Cisco IOS NetFlow and Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow
Identification: IPv4 Traffic Flow Identification Using Cisco IOS NetFlow
Administrators can configure Cisco IOS NetFlow on Cisco IOS routers and switches to aid in the identification of IPv4 traffic flows that may be attempts to exploit these vulnerabilities. Administrators are advised to investigate flows to determine whether they are attempts to exploit this vulnerability or whether they are legitimate traffic flows.
router#show ip cache flow IP packet size distribution (90784136 total packets): 1-32 64 96 128 160 192 224 256 288 320 352 384 416 448 480 .000 .698 .011 .001 .004 .005 .000 .004 .000 .000 .003 .000 .000 .000 .000 512 544 576 1024 1536 2048 2560 3072 3584 4096 4608 .000 .001 .256 .000 .010 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 IP Flow Switching Cache, 4456704 bytes 1885 active, 63651 inactive, 59960004 added 129803821 ager polls, 0 flow alloc failures Active flows timeout in 30 minutes Inactive flows timeout in 15 seconds IP Sub Flow Cache, 402056 bytes 0 active, 16384 inactive, 0 added, 0 added to flow 0 alloc failures, 0 force free 1 chunk, 1 chunk added last clearing of statistics never Protocol Total Flows Packets Bytes Packets Active(Sec) Idle(Sec) -------- Flows /Sec /Flow /Pkt /Sec /Flow /Flow TCP-Telnet 11393421 2.8 1 48 3.1 0.0 1.4 TCP-FTP 236 0.0 12 66 0.0 1.8 4.8 TCP-FTPD 21 0.0 13726 1294 0.0 18.4 4.1 TCP-WWW 22282 0.0 21 1020 0.1 4.1 7.3 TCP-X 719 0.0 1 40 0.0 0.0 1.3 TCP-BGP 1 0.0 1 40 0.0 0.0 15.0 TCP-Frag 70399 0.0 1 688 0.0 0.0 22.7 TCP-other 47861004 11.8 1 211 18.9 0.0 1.3 UDP-DNS 582 0.0 4 73 0.0 3.4 15.4 UDP-NTP 287252 0.0 1 76 0.0 0.0 15.5 UDP-other 310347 0.0 2 230 0.1 0.6 15.9 ICMP 11674 0.0 3 61 0.0 19.8 15.5 IPv6INIP 15 0.0 1 1132 0.0 0.0 15.4 GRE 4 0.0 1 48 0.0 0.0 15.3 Total: 59957957 14.8 1 196 22.5 0.0 1.5 SrcIf SrcIPaddress DstIf DstIPaddress Pr SrcP DstP Pkts Gi0/0 192.168.10.201 Gi0/1 192.168.60.102 11 0984 1AD0 1 Gi0/0 192.168.11.54 Gi0/1 192.168.60.158 11 0911 30A2 3 Gi0/1 192.168.150.60 Gi0/0 10.89.16.226 06 0016 12CA 1 Gi0/0 192.168.13.97 Gi0/1 192.168.60.28 11 0B3E 30DD 5 Gi0/0 192.168.10.17 Gi0/1 192.168.60.97 11 0B89 7951 1 Gi0/0 10.88.226.1 Gi0/1 192.168.202.22 11 007B 007B 1 Gi0/0 192.168.12.185 Gi0/1 192.168.60.239 11 0BD7 33A8 1 Gi0/0 10.89.16.226 Gi0/1 192.168.150.60 06 12CA 0016 1 router#In the preceding example, there are multiple flows over UDP.
This traffic is sent to addresses within the 192.168.60.0/24 address block, which is used for infrastructure devices. The packets in these flows may be spoofed and may indicate an attempt to exploit this vulnerability. Administrators are advised to compare these flows to baseline utilization for UDP traffic and also investigate the flows to determine whether they are sourced from untrusted hosts or networks.As shown in the following example, to view only UDP packets, use the show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_11_.* command to display the related Cisco NetFlow records:
UDP Flowsrouter#show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_11_.* SrcIf SrcIPaddress DstIf DstIPaddress Pr SrcP DstP Pkts Gi0/0 192.168.12.110 Gi0/1 192.168.60.163 11 092A 4796 6 Gi0/0 192.168.11.230 Gi0/1 192.168.60.20 11 0C09 8859 1 Gi0/0 192.168.11.131 Gi0/1 192.168.60.245 11 0B66 6739 18 Gi0/0 192.168.13.7 Gi0/1 192.168.60.162 11 0914 BBAC 1 Gi0/0 192.168.41.86 Gi0/1 192.168.60.27 11 0B7B 3844 2 router#
Identification: IPv6 Traffic Flow Identification Using Cisco IOS NetFlow
Administrators can configure Cisco IOS NetFlow on Cisco IOS routers and switches to aid in the identification of IPv6 traffic flows that may be attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities that are described in this document. Administrators are advised to investigate flows to determine whether they are attempts to exploit this vulnerability or whether they are legitimate traffic flows.
The following output is from a Cisco IOS device running Cisco IOS Software 12.4 mainline train. The command syntax will vary for different Cisco IOS Software trains.
router#show ipv6 flow cache IP packet size distribution (50078919 total packets): 1-32 64 96 128 160 192 224 256 288 320 352 384 416 448 480 .000 .990 .001 .008 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 512 544 576 1024 1536 2048 2560 3072 3584 4096 4608 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 IP Flow Switching Cache, 475168 bytes 8 active, 4088 inactive, 6160 added 1092984 ager polls, 0 flow alloc failures Active flows timeout in 30 minutes Inactive flows timeout in 15 seconds IP Sub Flow Cache, 33928 bytes 16 active, 1008 inactive, 12320 added, 6160 added to flow 0 alloc failures, 0 force free 1 chunk, 1 chunk added SrcAddress InpIf DstAddress OutIf Prot SrcPrt DstPrt Packets 2001:DB...06::201 Gi0/0 2001:DB...28::20 Local 0x11 0x16C4 0x55F3 1464 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...28::21 Gi0/1 0x3A 0x0000 0x8000 1191 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...134::3 Gi0/1 0x3A 0x0000 0x8000 1191 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::4 Gi0/1 0x3A 0x0000 0x8000 1192 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::2 Gi0/1 0x06 0x160A 0xB932 1597 2001:DB...06::201 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::3 Gi0/1 0x11 0x1610 0x1900 1001 2001:DB...06::201 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::4 Gi0/1 0x11 0x1634 0xD032 1292 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::3 Gi0/1 0x3A 0x0000 0x8000 1155 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...146::3 Gi0/1 0x3A 0x0000 0x8000 1092 2001:DB...6A:5BA6 Gi0/0 2001:DB...144::4 Gi0/1 0x3A 0x0000 0x8000 1193To permit display of the full 128-bit IPv6 address, use the terminal width 132 exec mode command.
In the preceding example, there are multiple IPv6 flows over UDP.
The UDP packets are sent to addresses within the 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 address block that is used by affected devices. The packets in the UDP flows may be spoofed and could indicate an attempt to exploit this vulnerability. Administrators are advised to compare these flows to baseline utilization for UDP traffic and also investigate the flows to determine whether they are sourced from untrusted hosts or networks.
As shown in the following example, to view only packets, use the show ipv6 flow cache | include SrcIf|_11_.* command to display the related Cisco NetFlow records:
UDP Flows
router#show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_11_.* SrcAddress InpIf DstAddress OutIf Prot SrcPrt DstPrt Packets 2001:DB...06::201 Gi0/0 2001:DB...28::20 Local 0x11 0x16C4 0x9A20 1464 2001:DB...06::201 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::3 Gi0/1 0x11 0x1610 0x8BC3 1001 2001:DB...06::201 Gi0/0 2001:DB...128::4 Gi0/1 0x11 0x1634 0xAA03 1292 router#
Identification: IPv4 Traffic Flow Identification Using Cisco Flexible NetFlow
Introduced in Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2(31)SB2 and 12.4(9)T, Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow improves original Cisco NetFlow by adding the capability to customize the traffic analysis parameters for the administrator's specific requirements. Original Cisco NetFlow uses a fixed seven tuples of IP information to identify a flow, whereas Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow allows the flow to be user defined. It facilitates the creation of more complex configurations for traffic analysis and data export by using reusable configuration components.
The following example output is from a Cisco IOS device that is running a version of Cisco IOS Software in the 15.1T train. Although the syntax will be almost identical for the 12.4T and 15.0 trains, it may vary slightly depending on the actual Cisco IOS release being used. In the following configuration, Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow will collect information on interface GigabitEthernet0/0 for incoming IPv4 flows based on source IPv4 address, as defined by the match ipv4 source address key field statement. Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow will also include nonkey field information about source and destination IPv4 addresses, protocol, ports (if present), ingress and egress interfaces, and packets per flow.
! !-- Configure key and nonkey fields !-- in the user-defined flow record ! flow record FLOW-RECORD-ipv4 match ipv4 source address collect ipv4 protocol collect ipv4 destination address collect transport source-port collect transport destination-port collect interface input collect interface output collect counter packets ! !-- Configure the flow monitor to !-- reference the user-defined flow !-- record ! flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv4 record FLOW-RECORD-ipv4 ! !-- Apply the flow monitor to the interface !-- in the ingress direction ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv4 input
The Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow flow output is as follows:
router#show flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv4 cache format table Cache type: Normal Cache size: 4096 Current entries: 6 High Watermark: 1 Flows added: 9181 Flows aged: 9175 - Active timeout ( 1800 secs) 9000 - Inactive timeout ( 15 secs) 175 - Event aged 0 - Watermark aged 0 - Emergency aged 0 IPV4 SRC ADDR ipv4 dst addr trns src port trns dst port intf input intf output pkts ip prot =============== =============== ============= ============= ========== =========== ====== ======= 192.168.10.201 192.168.60.102 1456 80 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 1128 6 192.168.11.54 192.168.60.158 123 17452 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 2212 17 192.168.150.60 10.89.16.226 2567 443 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 13 6 192.168.13.97 192.168.60.28 3451 80 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 1 6 192.168.10.17 192.168.60.97 4231 6307 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 146 17 10.88.226.1 192.168.202.22 2678 443 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 10567 6 10.89.16.226 192.168.150.60 3562 35 Gi0/0 Gi0/1 30012 17To view only UDP packets, use the show flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv4 cache format table | include IPV4 DST ADDR|_.*_17_ command to display the related NetFlow records.
For more information about Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow, refer to Flexible Netflow Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15M&T and Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T.
Identification: IPv6 Traffic Flow Identification Using Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow
The following example output is from a Cisco IOS device that is running a version of Cisco IOS Software in the 15.1T train. Although the syntax will be almost identical for the 12.4T and 15.0 trains, it may vary slightly depending on the actual Cisco IOS release being used. In the following configuration, Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow will collect information on interface GigabitEthernet0/0 for incoming IPv6 flows based on the source IPv6 address, as defined by the match ipv6 source address key field statement. Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow will also include nonkey field information about source and destination IPv6 addresses, protocol, ports (if present), ingress and egress interfaces, and packets per flow.! !-- Configure key and nonkey fields !-- in the user-defined flow record ! flow record FLOW-RECORD-ipv6 match ipv6 source address collect ipv6 protocol collect ipv6 destination address collect transport source-port collect transport destination-port collect interface input collect interface output collect counter packets ! !-- Configure the flow monitor to !-- reference the user-defined flow !-- record ! flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv6 record FLOW-RECORD-ipv6 ! !-- Apply the flow monitor to the interface !-- in the ingress direction ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ipv6 flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv6 input
The Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow flow output is as follows:
router#show flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv6 cache format table Cache type: Normal Cache size: 4096 Current entries: 6 High Watermark: 2 Flows added: 539 Flows aged: 532 - Active timeout ( 1800 secs) 350 - Inactive timeout ( 15 secs) 182 - Event aged 0 - Watermark aged 0 - Emergency aged 0 IPV6 SRC ADDR ipv6 dst addr trns src port trns dst port intf input intf output pkts ip prot ================= ================= ============= ============= ========== =========== ==== ======= 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 123 6988 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 17 17 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 1265 80 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 1237 6 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 1441 443 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 2346 6 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 1890 80 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 5009 6 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 2856 9021 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 486 17 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 3012 1954 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 1016 17 2001:DB...06::201 2001:DB...28::20 2477 3368 Gi0/0 Gi0/0 1563 17To permit display of the full 128-bit IPv6 address, use the terminal width 132 exec mode command.
To view only UDP packets, use the show flow monitor FLOW-MONITOR-ipv6 cache format table | include IPV6 DST ADDR|_.*_17_ command to display the related Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow records.
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASASM, and Cisco FWSM Firewalls
Mitigation: Transit Access Control Lists
To protect the network from traffic that enters the network at ingress access points, which may include Internet connection points, partner and supplier connection points, or VPN connection points, administrators are advised to deploy tACLs to perform policy enforcement. Administrators can construct a tACL by explicitly permitting only authorized traffic to enter the network at ingress access points or permitting authorized traffic to transit the network in accordance with existing security policies and configurations. A tACL workaround cannot provide complete protection against this vulnerability when the attack originates from a trusted source address.
The tACL policy denies unauthorized IPv4 and IPv6 UDP packets that are sent to affected devices. In the following example, 192.168.60.0/24 and 2001:DB8:1:60::/64 represent the IP address space that is used by the affected devices, and the hosts at 192.168.100.1 and 2001:DB8::100:1 are considered trusted sources that require access to the affected devices. Care should be taken to allow required traffic for routing and administrative access prior to denying all unauthorized traffic.
Additional information about tACLs is in Transit Access Control Lists: Filtering at Your Edge.
Caution: Filtering UDP packets to affected devices could disable services using UDP as a transport. These services include domain name system (DNS) and simple network management protocol (SNMP). The network administrator should carefully consider the use of this mitigation prior to deployment.
! !-- Include explicit permit statements for trusted !-- sources that require access over UDP ! access-list tACL-Policy extended permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 ! !-- The following vulnerability-specific ACE !-- can aid in identification of attacks ! access-list tACL-Policy extended deny udp any 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 ! !-- Permit or deny all other Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic in accordance !-- with existing security policies and configurations ! !-- Explicit deny for all other IP traffic ! access-list tACL-Policy extended deny ip any any ! !-- Create the corresponding IPv6 tACL ! !-- Include explicit permit statements for trusted !-- sources that require access over UDP ! ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy permit udp host 2001:DB8::100:1 2001:db8:1:60::/64 ! !-- The following vulnerability-specific access control entries !-- (ACEs) can aid in identification of attacks ! ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy deny udp any 2001:db8:1:60::/64 ! !-- Permit or deny all other Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic in accordance !-- with existing security policies and configurations ! !-- Explicit deny for all other IP traffic ! ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy deny ip any any ! !-- Apply tACLs to interfaces in the ingress direction ! access-group tACL-Policy in interface outside access-group IPv6-tACL-Policy in interface outside
Identification: Transit Access Control Lists
After the tACL has been applied to an interface, administrators can use the show access-list command to identify the number of UDP IPv4 and IPv6 packets that have been filtered. Administrators are advised to investigate filtered packets to determine whether they are attempts to exploit this vulnerability. Example output for show access-list tACL-Policy and show access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy follows:
firewall#show access-list tACL-Policy access-list tACL-Policy; 3 elements; name hash: 0x3452703d access-list tACL-Policy line 1 extended permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 (hitcnt=6) access-list tACL-Policy line 2 extended deny udp any 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 (hitcnt=18) access-list tACL-Policy line 3 extended deny ip any any (hitcnt=40)In the preceding example, access list tACL-Policy has dropped 18 UDP packets received from an untrusted host or network. In addition, syslog message 106023 can provide valuable information, which includes the source and destination IP address, the source and destination port numbers, and the IP protocol for the denied packet.
firewall#show access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy; 3 elements; name hash: 0x566a4229 ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy line 1 permit udp host 2001:db8:1:100::1 2001:db8:1:60::/64 eq sip (hitcnt=8) ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy line 2 deny udp any 2001:db8:1:60::/64 eq sip (hitcnt=17) ipv6 access-list IPv6-tACL-Policy line 3 deny ip any any (hitcnt=4)In the preceding example, access list IPv6-tACL-Policy has dropped 17 UDP packets received from an untrusted host or network. In addition, syslog message 106023 can provide valuable information, which includes the source and destination IP address, the source and destination port numbers, and the IP protocol for the denied packet.
Identification: Firewall Access List Syslog Messages
Firewall syslog message 106023 will be generated for packets denied by an access control entry (ACE) that does not have the log keyword present. Additional information about this syslog message is in Cisco ASA 5500 Series System Log Message, 8.2 - 106023.
Information about configuring syslog for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance is in Monitoring - Configuring Logging. Information about configuring syslog on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module is in Configuring Logging. Information about configuring syslog on the FWSM for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers is in Monitoring the Firewall Services Module.
In the following example, the show logging | grep regex command extracts syslog messages from the logging buffer on the firewall. These messages provide additional information about denied packets that could indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document. It is possible to use different regular expressions with the grep keyword to search for specific data in the logged messages.
Additional information about regular expression syntax is in Creating a Regular Expression.
firewall#show logging | grep 106023 Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.0.2.18/2944 dst inside:192.168.60.191/161 by access-group "tACL-Policy" Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.0.2.200/2945 dst inside:192.168.60.33/53 by access-group "tACL-Policy" Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.0.2.99/2946 dst inside:192.168.60.240/123 by access-group "tACL-Policy" Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.0.2.100/2947 dst inside:192.168.60.115/161 by access-group "tACL-Policy" Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.0.2.88/2949 dst inside:192.168.60.38/161 by access-group "tACL-Policy" firewall#In the preceding example, the messages logged for the tACL tACL-Policy and IPv6-tACL-Policy show potentially spoofed UDP packets sent to the address block assigned to the infrastructure devices.
Additional information about syslog messages for Cisco ASA Series Adaptive Security Appliances is in Cisco ASA 5500 Series System Log Messages, 8.2. Additional information about syslog messages for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module is in the Analyzing Syslog Messages section of the Cisco ASASM CLI Configuration Guide. Additional information about syslog messages for the Cisco FWSM is in Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Logging System Log Messages.
For additional information about investigating incidents using syslog events, reference the Identifying Incidents Using Firewall and IOS Router Syslog Events Cisco Security Intelligence Operations white paper.
Mitigation: Spoofing Protection Using Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
The vulnerabilities that are described in this document can be exploited by spoofed IP packets. Administrators can deploy and configure uRPF as a protection mechanism against spoofing.
uRPF is configured at the interface level and can detect and drop packets that lack a verifiable source IP address. Administrators should not rely on uRPF to provide complete spoofing protection because spoofed packets may enter the network through a uRPF-enabled interface if an appropriate return route to the source IP address exists. In an enterprise environment, uRPF may be enabled at the Internet edge and at the internal access layer on the user-supporting Layer 3 interfaces.
For additional information about the configuration and use of uRPF, reference the Cisco Security Appliance Command Reference for ip verify reverse-path and the Understanding Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding Cisco Security Intelligence Operations white paper.
Identification: Spoofing Protection Using Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
Firewall syslog message 106021 will be generated for packets denied by uRPF. Additional information about this syslog message is in Cisco ASA 5500 Series System Log Message, 8.2 - 106021.
Information about configuring syslog for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance is in Monitoring - Configuring Logging. Information about configuring syslog for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module is in Configuring Logging. Information about configuring syslog on the FWSM for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers is in Monitoring the Firewall Services Module.
In the following example, the show logging | grep regex command extracts syslog messages from the logging buffer on the firewall. These messages provide additional information about denied packets that could indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document. It is possible to use different regular expressions with the grep keyword to search for specific data in the logged messages.
Additional information about regular expression syntax is in Creating a Regular Expression.
firewall#show logging | grep 106021 Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-1-106021: Deny UDP reverse path check from 192.168.60.1 to 192.168.60.100 on interface outside Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-1-106021: Deny UDP reverse path check from 192.168.60.1 to 192.168.60.100 on interface outside Oct 02 2013 00:15:13: %ASA-1-106021: Deny UDP reverse path check from 192.168.60.1 to 192.168.60.100 on interface outsideThe show asp drop command can also identify the number of packets that the uRPF feature has dropped, as shown in the following example:
firewall#show asp drop frame rpf-violated Reverse-path verify failed 11 firewall#
In the preceding example, uRPF has dropped 11 IP packets received on interfaces with uRPF configured. Absence of output indicates that the uRPF feature on the firewall has not dropped packets.
For additional information about debugging accelerated security path dropped packets or connections, reference the Cisco Security Appliance Command Reference for show asp drop.
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System
Mitigation: Cisco IPS Signature Table
Administrators can use the Cisco IPS appliances and services modules to provide threat detection and help prevent attempts to exploit the vulnerability described in this document. The following table provides an overview of the CVE identifiers and the respective Cisco IPS signature that will trigger events on potential attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
CVE ID Signature Release Signature ID Signature Name Enabled Severity Fidelity* CVE-2013-5503 S572 4002/0 UDP Host Flood No Low 75 * Fidelity is also referred to as Signature Fidelity Rating (SFR) and is the relative measure of the accuracy of the signature (predefined). The value ranges from 0 through 100 and is set by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Administrators can configure Cisco IPS sensors to perform an event action when an attack is detected. The configured event action performs preventive or deterrent controls to help protect against an attack that is attempting to exploit the vulnerabilities listed in the preceding table.
Exploits that use spoofed IP addresses may cause a configured event action to inadvertently deny traffic from trusted sources.
Cisco IPS sensors are most effective when deployed in inline protection mode combined with the use of an event action. Automatic Threat Prevention for Cisco IPS 7.x and 6.x sensors that are deployed in inline protection mode provides threat prevention against an attack that is attempting to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document. Threat prevention is achieved through a default override that performs an event action for triggered signatures with a riskRatingValue greater than 90.
For additional information about the risk rating and threat rating calculation, reference Risk Rating and Threat Rating: Simplify IPS Policy Management.
Cisco Security Manager
Identification: Cisco Security Manager
Cisco Security Manager, Event Viewer
Beginning in software version 4.0, Cisco Security Manager can collect syslogs from Cisco firewalls and Cisco IPS devices and provides the Event Viewer, which can query for events that are related to the vulnerability that is described in this document.
Using the IPS Alert Events predefined view in the Event Viewer, the user can enter the search string 4002/0 in the event filter to return all captured events related to Cisco IPS signature 4002/0.
Using the following filters in the Firewall Denied Events predefined view in the Event Viewer provides all captured Cisco firewall access list deny syslog messages that could indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document.
- Use the Destination event filter to filter network objects that contain the IP address space that is used by the affected devices (for example, IPv4 address range 192.168.60.0/24 and IPv6 address range 2001:DB8:1:60::/64)
- Use the Destination Service event filter to filter objects that contain UDP
An Event Type ID filter can be used with the Firewall Denied Events predefined view in the Event Viewer to filter the syslog IDs shown in the following list to provide all captured Cisco firewall deny syslog messages that could indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document:
- ASA-4-106021 (uRPF spoofing)
- ASA-4-106023 (ACL deny)
For more information about Cisco Security Manager Events, refer to the Filtering and Querying Events section of the Cisco Security Manager User Guide.
Cisco Security Manager Report Manager
Beginning in software version 4.1, Cisco Security Manager supports the Report Manager, the Cisco IPS event reporting feature. This feature allows an administrator to define reports based on Cisco IPS events of interest. Reports can be scheduled or users can run ad hoc reports as required.
Using the Report Manager, the user can define an IPS Top Signatures report for Cisco IPS devices of interest based on time-range and signature characteristics. When the Signature ID is set to 4002/0, Cisco Security Manager will generate a comprehensive report that ranks the count of the alerts fired for the signature of interest compared to the total sum of all signature alerts shown in the report.
Also in the Report Manager, the Top Services report can be used with the following configuration to generate a report of events that indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document:
- Use the Destination IP network filter to filter network objects that contain the IP address space that is used by the affected devices (for example, IPv4 address range 192.168.60.0/24 and IPv6 address range 2001:DB8:1:60::/64)
- Set an action of Deny on the Criteria settings page
For more information about Cisco Security Manager IPS Event Reporting, refer to the Understanding IPS Top Reports section of the Cisco Security Manager User Guide.
Identification: Event Management System Partner Events
Cisco works with industry-leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) companies through the Cisco Developer Network. This partnership helps Cisco deliver validated and tested SIEM systems that address business concerns such as long-term log archiving and forensics, heterogeneous event correlation, and advanced compliance reporting. Security Information and Event Management partner products can be leveraged to collect events from Cisco devices and then query the collected events for the incidents created by a Cisco IPS signature or deny syslog messages from firewalls that could indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerability that is described in this document. The queries can be made by Sig ID and Syslog ID as shown in the following list:
- 4002/0 UDP Host Flood
- ASA-4-106021 (uRPF spoofing)
- ASA-4-106023 (ACL deny)
For more information about SIEM partners, refer to the Security Management Developer Center website.
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