SB2020101513 - Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS
Published: October 15, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020101513
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1668)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to receipt of a stream of specific multicast packets by the layer2 interface can cause high CPU load. A remote attacker on the local network can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.