JUNI-RT-000800 - The Juniper multicast edge router must be configured to establish boundaries for administratively scoped multicast traffic.

Information

If multicast traffic is forwarded beyond the intended boundary, it is possible that it can be intercepted by unauthorized or unintended personnel.

Administrative scoped multicast addresses are locally assigned and are to be used exclusively by the enterprise network or enclave. Administrative scoped multicast traffic must not cross the enclave perimeter in either direction. Restricting multicast traffic makes it more difficult for a malicious user to access sensitive traffic.

Admin-Local scope is encouraged for any multicast traffic within a network intended for network management, as well as for control plane traffic that must reach beyond link-local destinations.

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

Solution

Configure the router to block admin-scoped multicast traffic at the multicast domain edge as shown in the example below:

[edit routing-options]
set multicast scope ADMINL_SCOPE interface ge-1/0/1.0 prefix 239.0.0.0/8
set multicast scope ADMINL_SCOPE interface ge-1/1/1.0 prefix 239.0.0.0/8

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_Router_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-4, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001414, Rule-ID|SV-217084r604135_rule, STIG-ID|JUNI-RT-000800, STIG-Legacy|SV-101161, STIG-Legacy|V-90951, Vuln-ID|V-217084

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: 58f9ba9d7ea804171ab687dba61c999a4a2831c3be9827daf5c7a5ef6f54df3a