Juniper Junos up to 8.4 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Juniper Junos up to 8.4 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-6372. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Juniper Junos up to 8.4 (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Juniper JUNOS 7.3 through 8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed BGP packets, possibly BGP UPDATE packets that trigger session flapping.

The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2007 with Juniper as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-6372. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/02/2025).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43330 (Juniper JUNOS Crafted BGP UPDATE Messages Denial of Service (JSA10372)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39042), SecurityFocus (BID 28999†), OSVDB (39157†), Secunia (SA28100†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019100†). The entries VDB-42333, VDB-42332, VDB-42331 and VDB-42330 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: juniper.net

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Juniper
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-6372 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6372
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40057
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X-Force: 39042
SecurityFocus: 28999 - Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 28100
OSVDB: 39157 - Juniper JUNOS Malformed BGP Update Message Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1019100
Vulnerability Center: 17151 - Juniper JUNOS 7.3 Through 8.4 Remote Denial of Service via Malformed BGP Packets, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/02/2025 01:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (53), 04/29/2019 07:03 (9), 07/30/2021 08:09 (3), 07/24/2024 18:00 (16), 07/24/2024 19:49 (1), 04/07/2025 15:07 (1), 06/02/2025 01:53 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:CBD:103

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