JUEX-RT-000600 - The Juniper router must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

Information

A gratuitous ARP is an ARP broadcast in which the source and destination MAC addresses are the same. It is used to inform the network about a host IP address. A spoofed gratuitous ARP message can cause network mapping information to be stored incorrectly, causing network malfunction.

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

Solution

Disable gratuitous ARP on all external interfaces.

set interfaces <external interface> no-gratuitous-arp-reply
set interfaces <external interface> no-gratuitous-arp-request
set interfaces <external interface> unit <number> family inet address <IPv4 address>/<mask>
set interfaces <external interface> unit <number> family inet6 address <IPv6 address>/<prefix>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Juniper_EX_Switches_Y26M01_STIG.zip