#VU19145 Resource management error in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2019-0049

 

#VU19145 Resource management error in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2019-0049

Published: July 11, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19145
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-0049
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a certain sequence of BGP session restart on a remote peer may cause the local routing protocol daemon (RPD) process to crash and restart. A remote attacker can repeatedly crash the RPD process and cause prolonged denial of service attack.

This vulnerability affects only devices with enabled the BGP graceful restart helper mode or the BGP graceful restart mechanism.

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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