#VU113177 Use of incorrect byte ordering in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2025-52980

 

#VU113177 Use of incorrect byte ordering in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2025-52980

Published: July 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113177
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52980
CWE-ID: CWE-198
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to use of incorrect byte ordering in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) on SRX300 Series routers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted BGP UPDATE message over an established BGP session and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability affects eBGP and iBGP over IPv4 and IPv6.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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