Juniper Junos prior 16.1R1 IPv6 MAC Address Ethernet resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Juniper Junos (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component IPv6 MAC Address Ethernet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2016 as JSA10750 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at kb.juniper.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-1275 since 12/30/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92518 (Juniper Junos VPLS Ethernet Frame MAC Address Remote DoS (JSA10750)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Junos Local Security Checks and running in the context c.

Upgrading to version 13.3R9, 14.1R6-S1, 14.1R7, 14.2R1, 15.1R1, 15.1F2 or 16.1R1 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting set firewall family vpls filter fltr term 1 from ether-type ipv6; set firewall family vpls filter fltr term 1 then discard; set routing-instances vpls-1 forwarding-options family vpls flood input fltr. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92518). The entries 89246, 89245, 89244 and 89243 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 92518
Nessus Name: Juniper Junos VPLS Ethernet Frame MAC Address Remote DoS (JSA10750)
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OpenVAS ID: 55591
OpenVAS Name: Junos mbuf Leak Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Junos 13.3R9/14.1R6-S1/14.1R7/14.2R1/15.1R1/15.1F2/16.1R1
Config: set firewall family vpls filter fltr term 1 from ether-type ipv6; set firewall family vpls filter fltr term 1 then discard; set routing-instances vpls-1 forwarding-options family vpls flood input fltr

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12/30/2015 🔍
07/13/2016 +196 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: juniper.net

Advisory: JSA10750
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1275 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036301
SecurityFocus: 91758 - Juniper Junos CVE-2016-1275 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 07/14/2016 19:17
Updated: 09/02/2022 18:05
Changes: 07/14/2016 19:17 (69), 02/25/2019 13:43 (12), 09/02/2022 18:05 (3)
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