The Juniper SRX Services Gateway Firewall must protect against known types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by implementing signature-based screens.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214531	JUSX-AG-000122	SV-214531r997548_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. 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 signature-based DoS attacks: ICMP based attacks such as ping of death, IP based attacks such as IP spoofing and teardrop, and TCP based attacks such as TCP headers and land.

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. 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 signature-based DoS attacks: ICMP based attacks such as ping of death, IP based attacks such as IP spoofing and teardrop, and TCP based attacks such as TCP headers and land.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-15737r297277_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-15735r997547_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