VDB-121327 · CVE-2018-0029 · Qualys 43602

Juniper Junos Promiscuous Mode resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Juniper Junos and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Promiscuous Mode. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-0029. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Juniper Junos (Router Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Promiscuous Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

While experiencing a broadcast storm, placing the fxp0 interface into promiscuous mode via the 'monitor traffic interface fxp0' can cause the system to crash and restart (vmcore). This issue only affects Junos OS 15.1 and later releases, and affects both single core and multi-core REs. Releases prior to Junos OS 15.1 are unaffected by this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S11, 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D140; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D59 on EX2300/EX3400; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D67 on QFX10K; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D233 on QFX5200/QFX5110; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D471, 15.1X53-D490 on NFX; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R5-S4, 16.1R6-S1, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R1-S7, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S6, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D90, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S3, 17.4R2.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.juniper.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-0029 since 11/16/2017. The attack needs to be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43602 (Juniper JUNOS Denial of Service (kernel crash and restart) Vulnerability (JSA10863)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-121331, VDB-121330, VDB-121329 and VDB-121328 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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CNA Base Score: 5.7
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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/16/2017 🔍
07/11/2018 +236 days 🔍
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07/12/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2023 +1729 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: juniper.net

Advisory: kb.juniper.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-0029 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121327
SecurityTracker: 1041319

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2018 09:57
Updated: 04/06/2023 17:44
Changes: 07/12/2018 09:57 (60), 06/04/2020 09:47 (2), 04/06/2023 17:36 (4), 04/06/2023 17:44 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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