Resource exhaustion in Junos OS - CVE-2019-0051
Published: October 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21704
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0051
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the SSL-Proxy feature on SRX devices fails to handle a hardware resource limitation. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note: This vulnerability affects only Junos OS on SRX5000 Series
Affected software
Junos OS
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0051
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 12.3X48-D85, 15.1X49-D180, 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3, 18.2R3, 18.3R2, 18.4R2, 19.1R2, 19.2R1