Juniper ScreenOS < 6.3.0r20 L2TP DoS (JSA10704)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86610

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Juniper ScreenOS prior to 6.3.0r20. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability related to the handling of L2TP packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted L2TP packet, to cause the system to reboot.

Solution

Upgrade to Juniper ScreenOS 6.3.0r20 or later.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10704

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86610

File Name: screenos_JSA10704.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 10/26/2015

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7750

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:screenos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/ScreenOS/display_version, Host/Juniper/ScreenOS/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7750