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Junos RPD 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
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Junos OS is prone to a denial of service vulnerability in RPD due to malformed BGP OPEN message.
Insight
Insight
Receipt of a malformed BGP OPEN message may cause the routing protocol daemon (rpd) process to crash and restart. By continuously sending specially crafted BGP OPEN message packets, an attacker can repetitively crash the rpd process causing prolonged denial of service.
Affected Software
Affected Software
This issue affects Junos OS 12.3, 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.