Improper input validation - CVE-2016-1275

 

Improper input validation - CVE-2016-1275

Published: July 14, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU144
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1275
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in Juniper Junos. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service conditions by sending a flood of specially crafted Ethernet packets with and EtherType field of IPv6 (0x86DD) to vulnerable server.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1275

The vendor has issued a fix (13.3R9, 14.1R6-S1, 14.1R7, 14.2R1, 15.1R1, 15.1F2, 16.1R1).

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