Resource exhaustion in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2017-2348
Published: July 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7536
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-2017-2348
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted IPv6 UDP packet to cause the target Juniper Enhanced jdhcpd daemon to consume excessive CPU resources and crash or restart.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted IPv6 UDP packet to cause the target Juniper Enhanced jdhcpd daemon to consume excessive CPU resources and crash or restart.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2348
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions:
14.1X53-D12, 14.1X53-D38, 14.1X53-D40, 15.1F2-S18, 15.1R4, 15.1X49-D80, 15.1X53-D51, 15.1X53-D60, 16.1R1.
14.1X53-D12, 14.1X53-D38, 14.1X53-D40, 15.1F2-S18, 15.1R4, 15.1X49-D80, 15.1X53-D51, 15.1X53-D60, 16.1R1.