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

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-254032r844129_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - 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>