The Juniper router must be configured to use encryption for routing protocol authentication.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-254001	JUEX-RT-000290	SV-254001r844036_rule		Medium

Description
A rogue router could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter router to send traffic to an incorrect or even a rogue destination. This diverted traffic could be analyzed to learn confidential information about the site's network or used to disrupt the network's ability to communicate with other networks. This is known as a "traffic attraction attack" and is prevented by configuring neighbor router authentication for routing updates. However, using clear-text authentication provides little benefit since an attacker can intercept traffic and view the authentication key. This would allow the attacker to use the authentication key in an attack. This requirement applies to all IPv4 and IPv6 protocols that are used to exchange routing or packet forwarding information; this includes all Interior Gateway Protocols (such as OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS) and Exterior Gateway Protocols (such as BGP), MPLS-related protocols (such as LDP), and multicast-related protocols.

Description

A rogue router could send a fictitious routing update to convince a site's perimeter router to send traffic to an incorrect or even a rogue destination. This diverted traffic could be analyzed to learn confidential information about the site's network or used to disrupt the network's ability to communicate with other networks. This is known as a "traffic attraction attack" and is prevented by configuring neighbor router authentication for routing updates. However, using clear-text authentication provides little benefit since an attacker can intercept traffic and view the authentication key. This would allow the attacker to use the authentication key in an attack. This requirement applies to all IPv4 and IPv6 protocols that are used to exchange routing or packet forwarding information; this includes all Interior Gateway Protocols (such as OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS) and Exterior Gateway Protocols (such as BGP), MPLS-related protocols (such as LDP), and multicast-related protocols.

STIG	Date
Juniper EX Series Switches Router Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-57453r844034_chk )
Review the router configuration. For every protocol that affects the routing or forwarding tables (where information is exchanged between neighbors), verify that neighbor router authentication is encrypting the authentication key. [edit protocols] ospf { area { interface . { authentication { md5 1 key "$8$aes256-gcm$hmac-sha2-256$100$hvt9Fpk6EEU$I2FKFJNrdKHpp1xesMB0aA$l9BsHxOYO4+B8f7erRj8Hw$A9PYzx53Ius"; ## SECRET-DATA } } interface . { ipsec-sa ; } } } ospf3 { area { interface . { ipsec-sa ; } } } Note: OSPFv3 only supports IPsec SA authentication; OSPFv2 supports both IPsec SA and MD5 authentication. MD5 authentication is only included to support devices that do not support IPsec SA authentication. Verify the OSPFv3 SA. [edit security ipsec] security-association { mode transport; manual { direction bidirectional { protocol (ah \| esp \| bundle); spi (256..16639); <<< The SPI is an integer value that must match the peer encryption { algorithm (hmac-sha1-96 \| hmac-sha-256-128); key hexadecimal "$8$aes256-gcm$hmac-sha2-256$100$QAP67/2oV/s$nz+2A3zRz40fwxMJdbbA0Q$R5A/koX36OvUWBB543QwAA$tQrR3fkCL2oQ3V1O2Tw2lYl7THNuqBQ6hpyi8naLlXMaKQM0SdJYefQU41rB3zpjisVIWBwS+S8+O146luRf3Q"; ## SECRET-DATA } } } } Note: OSPFv3 SA uses manual transport mode encapsulating security payload (ESP) associations. If authentication is not encrypting the authentication key, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-57453r844034_chk )

Review the router configuration.

For every protocol that affects the routing or forwarding tables (where information is exchanged between neighbors), verify that neighbor router authentication is encrypting the authentication key.

[edit protocols]
ospf {
area {
interface . {
authentication {
md5 1 key "$8$aes256-gcm$hmac-sha2-256$100$hvt9Fpk6EEU$I2FKFJNrdKHpp1xesMB0aA$l9BsHxOYO4+B8f7erRj8Hw$A9PYzx53Ius"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
interface . {
ipsec-sa ;
}
}
}
ospf3 {
area {
interface . {
ipsec-sa ;
}
}
}

Note: OSPFv3 only supports IPsec SA authentication; OSPFv2 supports both IPsec SA and MD5 authentication. MD5 authentication is only included to support devices that do not support IPsec SA authentication.

Verify the OSPFv3 SA.
[edit security ipsec]
security-association {
mode transport;
manual {
direction bidirectional {
protocol (ah | esp | bundle);
spi (256..16639); <<< The SPI is an integer value that must match the peer
encryption {
algorithm (hmac-sha1-96 | hmac-sha-256-128);
key hexadecimal "$8$aes256-gcm$hmac-sha2-256$100$QAP67/2oV/s$nz+2A3zRz40fwxMJdbbA0Q$R5A/koX36OvUWBB543QwAA$tQrR3fkCL2oQ3V1O2Tw2lYl7THNuqBQ6hpyi8naLlXMaKQM0SdJYefQU41rB3zpjisVIWBwS+S8+O146luRf3Q"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
}
}
Note: OSPFv3 SA uses manual transport mode encapsulating security payload (ESP) associations.

If authentication is not encrypting the authentication key, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-57404r844035_fix)
Configure routing protocol authentication to encrypt the authentication key. set protocols ospf area interface . authentication md5 key "" -or- set protocols ospf area interface . ipsec-sa set protocols ospf3 area interface . ipsec-sa set security ipsec security-association mode transport set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional protocol (ah \| esp \| bundle) set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional spi set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional encryption algorithm (hmac-sha1-96 \| hmac-sha-256-128) set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional authentication key hexadecimal "" Note: Encryption keys can also be entered as ASCII with the keyword 'ascii-text' replacing 'hexadecimal'. Regardless of key type, the PSK is hashed in the configuration.

Fix Text (F-57404r844035_fix)

Configure routing protocol authentication to encrypt the authentication key.

set protocols ospf area interface . authentication md5 key ""
-or-
set protocols ospf area interface . ipsec-sa

set protocols ospf3 area interface . ipsec-sa

set security ipsec security-association mode transport
set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional protocol (ah | esp | bundle)
set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional spi
set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional encryption algorithm (hmac-sha1-96 | hmac-sha-256-128)
set security ipsec security-association manual direction bidirectional authentication key hexadecimal ""
Note: Encryption keys can also be entered as ASCII with the keyword 'ascii-text' replacing 'hexadecimal'. Regardless of key type, the PSK is hashed in the configuration.