SB2019071119 - Resource management error in Juniper Junos OS
Published: July 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019071119
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0049)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a certain sequence of BGP session restart on a remote peer may cause the local routing protocol daemon (RPD) process to crash and restart. A remote attacker can repeatedly crash the RPD process and cause prolonged denial of service attack.
This vulnerability affects only devices with enabled the BGP graceful restart helper mode or the BGP graceful restart mechanism.Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.