Juniper Junos SRX Series PIM DoS (JSA10573)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68906

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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 Juniper Junos device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability when Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) is enabled. An attacker, using specially crafted PIM packets subject to NAT, can cause the Flow Daemon (flowd) to crash. Repeated flowd crashes can result in a sustained denial of service against SRX series devices.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10573.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68906

File Name: juniper_jsa10573.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: Junos Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2013

Updated: 7/12/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4684

BID: 61127

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