The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must configure the control plane to protect against or limit the effects of common types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on the device itself by configuring applicable system options and internet-options.

From Juniper SRX SG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-002385

SV-81031r1_rule The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must configure the control plane to protect against or limit the effects of common types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on the device itself by configuring applicable system options and internet-options.

Vulnerability discussion

DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot accomplish its mission or must operate at degraded capacity.Juniper SRX uses the system commands, system internet-options, and screens to mitigate the impact of DoS attacks on device availability.

Check content

Verify the system options are configured to protect against DoS attacks. [edit] show system show system internet-options If the system and system-options which limit the effects of common types of DoS attacks are not configured in compliance with DoD requirements, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the system and system-options to protect against DoS attacks. [edit] set system no-redirects set system no-ping-record-route set system no-ping-time-stamp set system internet-options icmpv4-rate-limit packet-rate 50 set system internet-options icmpv6-rate-limit packet-rate 50 set system internet-options no-ipip-path-mtu-discovery set system internet-options no-source-quench set system internet-options tcp-drop-synfin-set set system internet-options no-ipv6-path-mtu-discovery set system internet-options no-tcp-reset drop-all-tcp

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