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V-217016CAT III — Low severitySV-217016r604135_rule

The Juniper router must be configured to have all inactive interfaces disabled.

Rule version JUNI-RT-000060 · STIG v3 · 2024-12-05

Discussion

An inactive interface is rarely monitored or controlled and may expose a network to an undetected attack on that interface. Unauthorized personnel with access to the communication facility could gain access to a router by connecting to a configured interface that is not in use.

If an interface is no longer used, the configuration must be deleted and the interface disabled. For sub-interfaces, delete sub-interfaces that are on inactive interfaces and delete sub-interfaces that are themselves inactive. If the sub-interface is no longer necessary for authorized communications, it must be deleted.

Check

Review the router configuration and verify that inactive interfaces have been disabled as shown below.

interfaces { ge-1/1/0 { disable; unit 0 { } }

If an interface is not being used but is configured or enabled, this is a finding.

Fix

Disable all inactive interfaces as shown below.

[edit interfaces] set ge-1/1/0 disable

Identifiers

Group ID
V-217016
Group title
SRG-NET-000019-RTR-000007
Rule ID
SV-217016r604135_rule
Check ID
C-18245r296916_chk
Fix ID
F-18243r296917_fix