JUEX-L2-000130 - The Juniper EX switch must be configured to enable IP Source Guard on all user-facing or untrusted access VLANs.

Information

IP Source Guard provides source IP address filtering on an untrusted layer 2 interface to prevent a malicious host from impersonating a legitimate host by assuming the legitimate host's IP address. The feature uses dynamic DHCP snooping and static IP source binding to match IP addresses to hosts on untrusted layer 2 access interfaces. Initially, all IP traffic on the protected interface is blocked except for DHCP packets. After a client receives an IP address from the DHCP server, or after static IP source binding is configured by the administrator, all traffic with that IP source address is permitted from that client. Traffic from other hosts is denied. This filtering limits a host's ability to attack the network by claiming a neighbor host's IP address.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the switch to have IP Source Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted VLANs.

set vlans <untrusted VLAN name> vlan-id <VLAN ID>
set vlans <untrusted VLAN name> forwarding-options dhcp-security ip-source-guard

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_EX_Switches_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-5, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002385, Rule-ID|SV-253960r843913_rule, STIG-ID|JUEX-L2-000130, Vuln-ID|V-253960

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: 9ac097f32aab95c4c9005e4c23d5dfcc65efeea74ba8541e4d7e4102dd4c8a70