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The Juniper SRX Services Gateway must ensure TCP forwarding is disabled for SSH to prevent unauthorized access.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Use this configuration option to prevent a user from creating an SSH tunnel over a CLI session to the Juniper SRX via SSH. This type of tunnel could be used to forward TCP traffic, bypassing any firewall filters or ACLs, allowing unauthorized access.

ID
SV-223214r1043177_rule
Version
JUSX-DM-000114
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

From the configuration mode, enter the following commands to disable TCP forwarding for the SSH protocol.

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set system services ssh no-tcp-forwarding