#VU10151 Resource exhaustion in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2018-0006
Published: January 15, 2018 / Updated: January 23, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10151
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0006
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Juniper Junos OS
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
the weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An adjacent attacker can send VLAN authentication attempts via the local broadcast domain to consume excessive memory on the target BBE subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd) and cause denial of service conditions.
the weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An adjacent attacker can send VLAN authentication attempts via the local broadcast domain to consume excessive memory on the target BBE subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd) and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 15.1R6-S2, 15.1R7, 16.1R5-S1, 16.1R6, 16.2R2-S2, 16.2R3, 17.1R2-S5, 17.1R3, 17.2R2, 17.3R1, 17.4R1.