Juniper Junos NTP Server Amplification Remote DoS (JSA10613)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77756

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper Junos device is affected by a vulnerability in the NTP daemon related to the handling of the 'monlist' command. A remote attacker can exploit this by forging a request that results in a distributed denial of service.

Note that this issue only affects devices with NTP client or server enabled.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release or workaround referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10613.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10613

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77756

File Name: juniper_jsa10613.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Published: 9/19/2014

Updated: 7/12/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos, cpe:/a:ntp:ntp

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5211

BID: 64692

CERT: 348126

ICSA: 14-051-04

JSA: JSA10613