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The router providing MPLS L2VPN services must be configured to authenticate targeted LDP sessions used to exchange VC information using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-254028 JUEX-RT-000560 SV-254028r844260_rule Medium
Description
Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) provides the signaling required for setting up and tearing down pseudowires (virtual circuits used to transport layer 2 frames) across an MPLS IP core network. Using a targeted LDP session, each PE router advertises a virtual circuit label mapping that is used as part of the label stack imposed on the frames by the ingress PE router during packet forwarding. Authentication provides protection against spoofed TCP segments that can be introduced into the LDP sessions.
STIG Date
Juniper EX Series Switches Router Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-57480r844115_chk )
Review the router configuration to determine if LDP messages are being authenticated for the targeted LDP sessions.

[edit protocols]
ldp {
interface .;
interface .;
session {
authentication-algorithm ;
authentication-key-chain ;
}
}

If authentication is not being used for the LDP sessions using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-57431r844116_fix)
Implement authentication for all targeted LDP sessions using a FIPS-approved message authentication code algorithm.

set protocols ldp interface .
set protocols ldp interface .
set protocols ldp session authentication-algorithm
set protocols ldp session authentication-key-chain