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Arista MLS EOS 4.2x Router Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Arista BGP router must be configured to reject outbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the IP core.

    <VulnDiscussion>Outbound route advertisements belonging to the core can result in traffic either looping or being black holed, or at a minimu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000205-RTR-000007

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-NET-000018-RTR-000002

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Arista BGP router must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any Bogon prefixes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accepting route advertisements for bogon prefixes can result in the local autonomous system (AS) becoming a transit for malic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000018-RTR-000003

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Arista BGP router must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements for any prefixes belonging to the local autonomous system (AS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accepting route advertisements belonging to the local AS can result in traffic looping or being black holed, or at a minimum ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-NET-000018-RTR-000004

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Arista MSDP router must be configured to limit the amount of source-active messages it accepts on per-peer basis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To reduce any risk of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack from a rogue or misconfigured MSDP router, the router must be configur...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-NET-000018-RTR-000010

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Arista BGP router must be configured to reject inbound route advertisements from a customer edge (CE) router for prefixes that are not allocated to that customer.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a best practice, a service provider should only accept customer prefixes that have been assigned to that customer and any ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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