Memory leak in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2019-0059
Published: October 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21696
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0059
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS
Juniper Junos OS
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0059
Install updates from vendor's website.