Juniper Junos up to 14.2 IPv6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Juniper Junos up to 14.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IPv6 Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-6450. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Juniper Junos up to 14.2 (Router Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Juniper Junos OS before 11.4R12-S4, 12.1X44 before 12.1X44-D41, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D26, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D11/D15, 12.2 before 12.2R9, 12.2X50 before 12.2X50-D70, 12.3 before 12.3R8, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D10, 12.3X50 before 12.3X50-D42, 13.1 before 13.1R4-S3, 13.1X49 before 13.1X49-D42, 13.1X50 before 13.1X50-D30, 13.2 before 13.2R6, 13.2X51 before 13.2X51-D26, 13.2X52 before 13.2X52-D15, 13.3 before 13.3R3-S3, 14.1 before 14.1R3, 14.2 before 14.2R1, 15.1 before 15.1R1, and 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D10, when configured for IPv6, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mbuf chain corruption and kernel panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

The weakness was published 10/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kb.juniper.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-6450 since 09/17/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86476 (Juniper Junos IPv6 Packet Handling mbuf Chain Corruption DoS (JSA10699)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Junos Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43543 (Juniper JUNOS Denial of Service (mbuf chain corruption and kernel panic) Vulnerability (JSA10699)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86476), SecurityFocus (BID 77125†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53557†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78501 and VDB-78499. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86476
Nessus Name: Juniper Junos IPv6 Packet Handling mbuf Chain Corruption DoS (JSA10699)
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OpenVAS ID: 802738
OpenVAS Name: Junos IPv6 mbuf Chain DoS Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: juniper.net

Advisory: kb.juniper.net
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CVE: CVE-2014-6450 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-6450
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78500
SecurityFocus: 77125 - Juniper Junos OS CVE-2014-6450 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033855
Vulnerability Center: 53557 - Juniper JunOS Remote DoS Vulnerability via Crafted IPv6 Packets, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2015 10:05
Updated: 06/22/2022 03:32
Changes: 10/20/2015 10:05 (56), 04/29/2019 07:06 (14), 06/22/2022 03:25 (3), 06/22/2022 03:32 (1)
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