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The Juniper router must be configured to have Gratuitous ARP disabled on all external interfaces.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

A gratuitous ARP is an ARP broadcast in which the source and destination MAC addresses are the same. It is used to inform the network about a host IP address. A spoofed gratuitous ARP message can cause network mapping information to be stored incorrectly, causing network malfunction.

ID
SV-254032r844129_rule
Version
JUEX-RT-000600
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Disable gratuitous ARP on all external interfaces.

set interfaces <external interface> no-gratuitous-arp-reply
set interfaces <external interface> no-gratuitous-arp-request
set interfaces <external interface> unit <number> family inet address <IPv4 address>/<mask>
set interfaces <external interface> unit <number> family inet6 address <IPv6 address>/<prefix>