Juniper Junos Fragmented TCP Packet Sequence Handling DoS (JSA10696)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86475

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper Junos device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper TCP packet reassembly. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted sequence of fragmented packets, to consume all available buffers, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10696.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10696

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86475

File Name: juniper_jsa10696.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Published: 10/21/2015

Updated: 7/12/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6449

JSA: JSA10696