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Juniper Junos PIM Join Flood DoS (PSN-2013-01-808)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63520

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device has a denial of service vulnerability. Receiving a large number of specially crafted IPv4 or IPv6 PIM join messages in a Next-Generation Multicast VPN (NGEN MVPN) environment can cause the routing daemon to crash.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos upgrade referenced in Juniper advisory PSN-2013-01-808.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dbfa89c0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63520

File Name: juniper_psn-2013-01-808.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Published: 1/14/2013

Updated: 8/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/model, Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2013