Juniper Junos SRX Series flowd DoS (JSA10622)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73496

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper processing by the Enhanced Web Filtering (EWF). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted URL to crash the flow daemon (flowd) process. Repeated crashes of flowd can result in a sustained denial of service condition for the device.

Note that this issue only affects SRX series devices with EWF enabled.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release or workaround referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10622.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73496

File Name: juniper_jsa10622.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: Junos Local Security Checks

Published: 4/14/2014

Updated: 7/12/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2714

BID: 66760

JSA: JSA10622

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