Juniper Junos BGP UPDATE DoS (PSN-2012-10-733)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62713

Synopsis

The remote device has a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device could crash when processing a BGP UPDATE message containing a specially crafted flow specification NLRI. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos upgrade referenced in Juniper advisory PSN-2012-10-733.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bf463008

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62713

File Name: juniper_psn-2012-10-733.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Published: 10/26/2012

Updated: 8/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2012