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Junos DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
JunOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Junos OS is prone to a denial of service vulnerability in sendmsg().
Insight
Insight
Incorrect argument handling in the socket code allows a malicious local user to overwrite large portions of the kernel memory, and in doing so may be able to take control of the system or crash the system.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Junos OS 14.1X53, 14.2, 15.1, 15.1X49, 15.1X53.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable OS build is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.