Juniper Junos Packet Forwarding Engine Potential RCE (JSA10906)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121066

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device is affected by a potential remote code execution vulnerability due to how the Packet Forwarding Engine manager (FXPC) handles HTTP packets.
An attacker could potentially crash the fxpc daemon or execute code.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10906

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe1931e7

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121066

File Name: juniper_jsa10906.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Published: 1/10/2019

Updated: 7/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0006

JSA: JSA10906