JUEX-RT-000860 - The Juniper perimeter router must be configured to drop IPv6 packets containing the NSAP address option within Destination Option header.

Information

The optional and extensible natures of the IPv6 extension headers require higher scrutiny since many implementations do not always drop packets with headers that it cannot recognize, and hence could cause a denial-of-service on the target device. In addition, the type, length, value (TLV) formatting provides the ability for headers to be very large. This option type from RFC 1888 (OSI NSAPs and IPv6) has been deprecated by RFC 4048.

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

Solution

Configure the router to drop IPv6 packets containing a Destination Option header with option type value of 0xC3 (NSAP address).

set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term 1 from next-header dstopts
set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term 1 then log
set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term 1 then syslog
set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term 1 then discard
<additional terms>
set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term default then log
set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term default then syslog
set firewall family inet6 filter <name> term default then discard

set interfaces <interface name> unit <number> family inet6 filter input <filter name>
set interfaces <interface name> unit <number> family inet6 address <IPv6 address>.<prefix>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_EX_Switches_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-7(11), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002403, Rule-ID|SV-254058r844207_rule, STIG-ID|JUEX-RT-000860, Vuln-ID|V-254058

Plugin: Juniper

Control ID: 850e2193523dfc49f5aca1a6d0ae65062e49c3c32dae56e2ae8be1d2dc81a120