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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Juniper Junos up to 16.0 (Router Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component IPv6 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 shared 10/11/2016 as JSA10762 / 1017099 / 1037225 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.juniper.net. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-4921 since 05/18/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
By flooding a router with specially crafted IPv6 traffic, all available resources can be consumed, leading to the inability to store next hop information for legitimate traffic. In extreme cases, the crafted IPv6 traffic may result in a total resource exhaustion and kernel panic. The issue is triggered by traffic destined to the router. Transit traffic does not trigger the vulnerability.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43555 (Juniper JUNOS Denial of Service (IPv6) Vulnerability (JSA10762)).
Upgrading to version 12.3X48-D30, 13.3R10, 14.1R8, 14.1X53-D40, 14.2R6, 15.1F2-S5, 15.1F5-S2, 15.1F6, 15.1R3, 15.1X49-D40, 15.1X53-D70 or 16.1R1 eliminates this vulnerability.Proper firewalling of IPv6 is able to address this issue. 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 entry 92721 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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OpenVAS ID: 802738
OpenVAS Name: Junos IPv6 DoS Vulnerability
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Junos 12.3X48-D30/13.3R10/14.1R8/14.1X53-D40/14.2R6/15.1F2-S5/15.1F5-S2/15.1F6/15.1R3/15.1X49-D40/15.1X53-D70/16.1R1
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Timeline
05/18/2016 🔍10/11/2016 🔍
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10/14/2016 🔍
10/15/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: juniper.netAdvisory: JSA10762 / 1017099 / 1037225
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4921 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037014
SecurityFocus: 93532 - Juniper Junos CVE-2016-4921 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/15/2016 13:05Updated: 09/26/2022 09:37
Changes: 10/15/2016 13:05 (67), 05/10/2019 17:53 (12), 09/26/2022 09:34 (3), 09/26/2022 09:37 (11)
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