Memory leak in Junos OS - CVE-2019-0059
Published: October 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21696
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0059
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in the routing protocol process (rpd). A remote attacker can send specific commands from a peered BGP host, have those BGP states delivered to the vulnerable device and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
Junos OS
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0059
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S1, 18.2X75-D5, 18.2R1