Juniper Junos SRX5000-series J-Web DoS (JSA10700)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86477

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper Junos SRX5000 series device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability related to the J-Web service. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause the system to drop into a debug prompt, effectively halting normal system operation.

Note that this issue only affects devices with the J-Web service enabled.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release or workaround referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10700.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10700

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86477

File Name: juniper_jsa10700.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Published: 10/21/2015

Updated: 8/10/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/model, Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6451

JSA: JSA10700