Title

The Juniper PE router must be configured with Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) loose mode enabled on all CE-facing interfaces. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The uRPF feature is a defense against spoofing and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by verifying if the source address of any ingress packet is reachable. To mitigate attacks that rely on forged source addresses, all provider edge routers must enable uRPF loose mode to guarantee that all packets received from a CE router contain source addresses that are in the route table.

Check Content

Review the router configuration to determine if uRPF loose mode is enabled on all CE-facing interfaces. interfaces { ge-0/1/0 { description "link to Customer 2"; unit 0 { family inet { rpf-check { mode loose; } address x.x.x.x/30; } } } If uRPF loose mode is not enabled on all CE-facing interfaces, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure uRPF loose mode on all CE-facing interfaces as shown in the example. [edit interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 0 family inet] set rpf-check mode loose

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-217077r604135_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-217077

Group Title: SRG-NET-000205-RTR-000008

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.