CVE-2018-0058

MX Series: In BBE configurations, receipt of a crafted IPv6 exception packet causes a Denial of Service

State
Published
Severity
5.9 Medium
Published
Oct 10, 2018
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Nov 16, 2017

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Description

Receipt of a specially crafted IPv6 exception packet may be able to trigger a kernel crash (vmcore), causing the device to reboot. The issue is specific to the processing of Broadband Edge (BBE) client route processing on MX Series subscriber management platforms, introduced by the Tomcat (Next Generation Subscriber Management) functionality in Junos OS 15.1. This issue affects no other platforms or configurations. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S2, 15.1R8 on MX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S11, 16.1R7-S2, 16.1R8 on MX Series; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R3 on MX Series; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3 on MX Series; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3 on MX Series; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3-S2, 17.3R4 on MX Series; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2 on MX Series; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3 on MX Series; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S1, 18.2R2 on MX Series.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.05.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hjuniper

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • 15.1 to before 15.1R7-S2, 15.1R8Affected
  • 16.1 to before 16.1R4-S11, 16.1R7-S2, 16.1R8Affected
  • 16.2 to before 16.2R3Affected
  • 17.1 to before 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3Affected
  • 17.2 to before 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3Affected
  • 17.3 to before 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3-S2, 17.3R4Affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R2Affected
  • 18.1 to before 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3Affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R1-S1, 18.2R2Affected

References

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