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Junos IGMPv3 Multicast DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
JunOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Junos OS is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability with IGMPv3 enabled.
Insight
Insight
Receipt of a crafted IGMPv3 protocol message can create a denial of service to a portion of a multicast network. This issue only affects IGMPv3. IGMPv2 is unaffected by this vulnerability.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Junos OS 12.1, 12.3, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 14.2 and 15.1
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. As a workaround disable IGMPv3, falling back to IGMPv2.