SB2021071524 - Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved arpd and ndp



SB2021071524 - Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved arpd and ndp

Published: July 15, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021071524
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0292)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the ARP daemon (arpd) and Network Discovery Protocol (ndp) process. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.