Juniper Junos RPD Routing Process DoS (JSA10715)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88092

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 due to a flaw in the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) implementation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker attacker can exploit this, by sending a specially crafted LDP packet, to cause the RDP routing process to crash and restart.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10715.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10715

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88092

File Name: juniper_jsa10715.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Published: 1/22/2016

Updated: 8/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1257

JSA: JSA10715