The Juniper Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) router must be configured to filter source-active multicast advertisements to external MSDP peers to avoid global visibility of local-only multicast sources and groups.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-217096	JUNI-RT-000920	SV-217096r819169_rule		Low

Description
To avoid global visibility of local information, there are a number of source-group (S, G) states in a PIM-SM domain that must not be leaked to another domain, such as multicast sources with private address, administratively scoped multicast addresses, and the auto-RP groups (224.0.1.39 and 224.0.1.40). Allowing a multicast distribution tree, local to the core, to extend beyond its boundary could enable local multicast traffic to leak into other autonomous systems and customer networks.

Description

To avoid global visibility of local information, there are a number of source-group (S, G) states in a PIM-SM domain that must not be leaked to another domain, such as multicast sources with private address, administratively scoped multicast addresses, and the auto-RP groups (224.0.1.39 and 224.0.1.40). Allowing a multicast distribution tree, local to the core, to extend beyond its boundary could enable local multicast traffic to leak into other autonomous systems and customer networks.

STIG	Date
Juniper Router RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-06-07

Details

Check Text ( C-18325r819168_chk )
Review the router configuration to determine if there is export policy to block local source-active multicast advertisements. Verify that the router is configured with an export policy to filter multicast source-active advertisements. policy-options { … … … } policy-statement SA_EXPORT { term INTERNAL_GROUP { from { route-filter 239.0.0.0/8 orlonger; } then reject; } term INTERNAL_ADDR { from { source-address-filter 10.0.0.0/8 orlonger; } then reject; } term ACCEPT_OTHERS { then accept; } } Verify that an export source-active filter has been applied to MSDP. protocols { … … … } msdp { export SA_EXPORT; If the router is not configured with an export policy to block local source-active multicast advertisements, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-18325r819168_chk )

Review the router configuration to determine if there is export policy to block local source-active multicast advertisements.

Verify that the router is configured with an export policy to filter multicast source-active advertisements.

policy-options {
…
…
…
}
policy-statement SA_EXPORT {
term INTERNAL_GROUP {
from {
route-filter 239.0.0.0/8 orlonger;
}
then reject;
}
term INTERNAL_ADDR {
from {
source-address-filter 10.0.0.0/8 orlonger;
}
then reject;
}
term ACCEPT_OTHERS {
then accept;
}
}

Verify that an export source-active filter has been applied to MSDP.

protocols {
…
…
…
}
msdp {
export SA_EXPORT;

If the router is not configured with an export policy to block local source-active multicast advertisements, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18323r297157_fix)
Configure the router with an export policy avoid global visibility of local multicast (S, G) states. The example below will avoid exporting multicast active sources belonging to the private network. [edit policy-options] set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_GROUP from route-filter 239.0.0.0/8 orlonger set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_GROUP then reject set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_ADDR from source-address-filter 10.0.0.0/8 orlonger set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_ADDR then reject set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term ACCEPT_OTHERS then accept [edit protocols msdp] set export SA_EXPORT

Fix Text (F-18323r297157_fix)

Configure the router with an export policy avoid global visibility of local multicast (S, G) states. The example below will avoid exporting multicast active sources belonging to the private network.

[edit policy-options]
set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_GROUP from route-filter 239.0.0.0/8 orlonger
set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_GROUP then reject
set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_ADDR from source-address-filter 10.0.0.0/8 orlonger
set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term INTERNAL_ADDR then reject
set policy-statement SA_EXPORT term ACCEPT_OTHERS then accept

[edit protocols msdp]
set export SA_EXPORT