The Juniper SRX Services Gateway Firewall providing content filtering must protect against known and unknown types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by implementing statistics-based screens.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214529	JUSX-AG-000120	SV-214529r997544_rule		High

Description
If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation of content filtering gateways and application layer firewalls at key boundaries in the architecture mitigates the risk of DoS attacks. These attacks can be detected by matching observed communications traffic with patterns of known attacks and monitoring for anomalies in traffic volume/type. Juniper SRX Firewall DoS protections can be configured by either using a Screen or within the global flow options. Screens, also known as IDS-options, block various layer 3 and 4 attacks. Screen objects are configured with various screen-specific options and then assigned to a zone. The Juniper SRX can be configured with Screens to protect against the following statistics-based DoS attacks: IP sweeps, port scans, and flood attacks.

Description

If the network does not provide safeguards against DoS attacks, network resources will be unavailable to users. Installation of content filtering gateways and application layer firewalls at key boundaries in the architecture mitigates the risk of DoS attacks. These attacks can be detected by matching observed communications traffic with patterns of known attacks and monitoring for anomalies in traffic volume/type. Juniper SRX Firewall DoS protections can be configured by either using a Screen or within the global flow options. Screens, also known as IDS-options, block various layer 3 and 4 attacks. Screen objects are configured with various screen-specific options and then assigned to a zone. The Juniper SRX can be configured with Screens to protect against the following statistics-based DoS attacks: IP sweeps, port scans, and flood attacks.

STIG	Date
Juniper SRX Services Gateway ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-10

Details

Check Text ( C-15735r297271_chk )
Run the following command to see the screen options currently configured: [edit] show security screen ids-option show security zone match "screen" If security screens are not configured or if the security zone is not configured with screen options, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15733r997543_fix)
The following example commands configure security screens under a profile named untrust-screen. Screen options, with configurable thresholds may be customized to minimize/prevent operational impact on traffic performance. [edit] set security screen ids-option