I - Mission Critical Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000360-NDM-000295
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate an alert for all audit failure events.
<VulnDiscussion>It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000373-NDM-000298
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to synchronize its clock with the primary and secondary time sources using redundant authoritative time sources.
<VulnDiscussion>The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000374-NDM-000299
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to record time stamps for log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
<VulnDiscussion>If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000378-NDM-000302
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to prohibit installation of software without explicit privileged status.
<VulnDiscussion>Allowing anyone to install software, without explicit privileges, creates the risk that untested or potentially malicious sof...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000310
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to authenticate SNMP messages using a FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC).
<VulnDiscussion>Without authenticating devices, unidentified or unknown devices may be introduced, thereby facilitating malicious activity. B...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000310
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to encrypt SNMP messages using a FIPS 140-2 approved algorithm.
<VulnDiscussion>Without the strong encryption that is provided by the SNMP Version 3 User-based Security Model (USM), an unauthorized user ca...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000395-NDM-000347
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to authenticate NTP sources using authentication that is cryptographically based.
<VulnDiscussion>If Network Time Protocol is not authenticated, an attacker can introduce a rogue NTP server. This rogue server can then be us...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000411-NDM-000330
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to use FIPS-validated Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) to protect the integrity of remote maintenance sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000412-NDM-000331
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote maintenance sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>This requires the use of secure protocols instead of their unsecured counterparts, such as SSH instead of telnet, SCP instead...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000435-NDM-000315
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to protect against known types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.
<VulnDiscussion>DoS is a condition when a resource is not available for legitimate users. When this occurs, the organization either cannot ac...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000495-NDM-000318
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are modified.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000499-NDM-000319
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate log records when administrator privileges are deleted.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000503-NDM-000320
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000504-NDM-000321
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate log records for privileged activities.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000506-NDM-000323
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate log records when concurrent logons from different workstations occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to off-load log records onto a different system than the system being audited.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000334
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to generate log records for a locally developed list of auditable events.
<VulnDiscussion>Auditing and logging are key components of any security architecture. Logging the actions of specific events provides a means...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000336
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to use at least two authentication servers for the purpose of authenticating users prior to granting administrative access.
<VulnDiscussion>Centralized management of user accounts and authentication increases the administrative access to the router. This control is...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000340
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to support organizational requirements to conduct backups of the configuration when changes occur.
<VulnDiscussion>System-level information includes default and customized settings and security attributes, including ACLs that relate to the ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000344
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to obtain its public key certificates from an appropriate certificate policy through an approved service provider.
<VulnDiscussion>For user certificates, each organization obtains certificates from an approved, shared service provider, as required by OMB p...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000350
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured to send log data to at least two syslog servers for the purpose of forwarding alerts to the administrators and the Information System Security Officers (ISSO).
<VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestab...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000317
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be configured with a master password that is used to generate encrypted keys for shared secrets.
<VulnDiscussion>By default, shared secrets in a Junos configuration only use an obfuscation algorithm ($9$ format), which is not very strong ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-NDM-000351
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Juniper router must be running a Junos release that is currently supported by Juniper Networks.
<VulnDiscussion>Network devices running an unsupported operating system lack current security fixes required to mitigate the risks associated...Rule High Severity
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