The Arista MSDP router must be configured to limit the amount of source-active messages it accepts on per-peer basis.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
To reduce any risk of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack from a rogue or misconfigured MSDP router, the router must be configured to limit the number of source-active messages it accepts from each peer.
- ID
- SV-255995r882327_rule
- Version
- ARST-RT-000090
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the Arista MSDP router to limit the amount of source-active messages it accepts from each peer.
!
router (config) #router msdp
router (config-router-msdp) #peer 10.1.1.5
router (config-router-msdp-peer 10.1.1.5) # sa-limit 500