JUNI-RT-000470 - The Juniper BGP router must be configured to use a unique key for each autonomous system (AS) that it peers with.

Information

If the same keys are used between eBGP neighbors, the chance of a hacker compromising any of the BGP sessions increases. It is possible that a malicious user exists in one autonomous system who would know the key used for the eBGP session. This user would then be able to hijack BGP sessions with other trusted neighbors.

Solution

Configure the router to use unique keys for each AS that it peers with as shown in the example below.

[edit protocols bgp]
set group GROUP_AS66 authentication-key abc123
set group GROUP_AS44 authentication-key xyz123

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_Router_Y20M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-4(17), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, CCI|CCI-002205, Rule-ID|SV-101099r2_rule, STIG-ID|JUNI-RT-000470, Vuln-ID|V-90889

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: 70ce989f8e478abbef656e65d81877fca8c1ac22682a80ca7bee2c2b7121ded5