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The Juniper PE router must be configured to ignore or block all packets with any IP options.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-254024JUEX-RT-000520SV-254024r997532_ruleCCI-002403medium
Description
Packets with IP options are not fast switched and, therefore, must be punted to the route engine (RE). Hackers who initiate denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on routers commonly send large streams of packets with IP options. Dropping the packets with IP options reduces the load of IP options packets on the router. The end result is a reduction in the effects of the DoS attack on the router and on downstream routers.
STIGDate
Juniper EX Series Switches Router Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-06-10

Related Frameworks

2 mappings across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (15) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-01Continuous Monitoring
1.00
MON-01.1Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems (IDS & IPS)
1.00
MON-01.3Inbound & Outbound Communications Traffic
1.00
MON-01.4System Generated Alerts
1.00
MON-01.8Security Event Monitoring
1.00
NET-01Network Security Controls (NSC)
1.00
NET-02Layered Network Defenses
1.00
SEA-01Secure Engineering Principles
1.00
SEA-02Alignment With Enterprise Architecture
1.00
CAP-01Capacity & Performance Management
0.50

+5 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (13) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
CM-6Configuration Settings
1.00
CM-7Least Functionality
1.00
SC-24Fail in Known State
1.00
SC-47Alternate Communications Paths
1.00
SC-5Denial-of-service Protection
1.00
SC-5(1)Restrict Ability to Attack Other Systems
1.00
SC-5(2)Capacity, Bandwidth, and Redundancy
1.00
SC-7Boundary Protection
1.00

+3 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI2 mappings
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

Who does this work

12 NICE work roles and 9 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-254024r997532_chk)

Review the router configuration to determine if it will block all packets with IP options. [edit firewall family inet] filter <name> { term 1 { from { ip-options any; } then { log; syslog; discard; } } <additional accept terms> term default { then { log; syslog; discard; } } } [edit interfaces] <interface name> { unit <number> { family inet { filter input <filter name>; address <IPv4 address>/<mask>; } } } Note: Some Juniper devices support both monolithic filters and filter lists. Filter lists separate each term, or set of terms, into a separate filter that is applied sequentially to an interface. If using filter lists, the keywords "input" or "output" change to "input-list" or "output-list". Verify the final list item is a deny-all filter. The deny-all filter is created once per family and can be reused across multiple lists. For example: input-list [ permit_mgt permit_routing_protocols default-deny ]; If the router is not configured to drop all packets with IP options, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57427r844104_fix)

Configure the router to drop all packets with IP options. set firewall family inet filter <filter name> term 1 from ip-options any set firewall family inet filter <filter name> term 1 then log set firewall family inet filter <filter name> term 1 then syslog set firewall family inet filter <filter name> term 1 then discard <additional accept terms> set firewall family inet filter default term 1 then log set firewall family inet filter default term 1 then syslog set firewall family inet filter default term 1 then discard set interfaces <interface name> unit <number> family inet filter input <filter name> set interfaces <interface name> unit <number> family inet address <IPv4 address>/<mask>