Juniper Junos BGP Multiple Remote DoS (PSN-2012-01-475)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57639

Synopsis

The remote router has multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the version of Junos running on the remote host has multiple denial of service vulnerabilities. Either of the following issues could result in an rpd crash :

- Receipt of a malformed non-transitive BGP PATH attribute

- An established session disconnecting before BGP could send the first keepalive message

A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the rpd service.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos upgrade referenced in Juniper advisory PSN-2012-01-475.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?134038d1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57639

File Name: juniper_psn-2012-01-475.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Published: 1/23/2012

Updated: 8/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/model, Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2012