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V-265368

CAT II (Medium)

The NSX Tier-0 Gateway Firewall must deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception.

Rule ID

SV-265368r994347_rule

STIG

VMware NSX 4.x Tier-0 Gateway Firewall Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001109CCI-001097CCI-001190CCI-002403

Discussion

To prevent malicious or accidental leakage of traffic, organizations must implement a deny-by-default security posture at the network perimeter. Such rulesets prevent many malicious exploits or accidental leakage by restricting the traffic to only known sources and only those ports, protocols, or services that are permitted and operationally necessary. As a managed boundary interface, the firewall must block all inbound and outbound network traffic unless a filter is installed to explicitly allow it. The allow filters must comply with the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management (PPSM) Category Assurance List (CAL) and Vulnerability Assessment (VA). Satisfies: SRG-NET-000202-FW-000039, SRG-NET-000205-FW-000040, SRG-NET-000235-FW-000133, SRG-NET-000364-FW-000031

Check Content

From the NSX Manager web interface, go to Security >> Policy Management >> Gateway Firewall >> Gateway Specific Rules.

Choose each Tier-0 Gateway in drop-down, then select Policy_Default_Infra Section >> Action.

If the default_rule is set to "Allow", this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the NSX Manager web interface, go to Security >> Policy Management >> Gateway Firewall >> Gateway Specific Rules.

Choose each Tier-0 Gateway in drop-down, then select Policy_Default_Infra Section >> Action.

Change the Action to "Drop" or "Reject", and then click "Publish".