Juniper Junos SRX DHCP flowd DHCP Packet Handling DoS (JSA10789)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102702

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version number and configuration, the remote Juniper Junos device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in flowd due to improper handling of DHCP packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted DHCP packet, to crash the flowd service.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper security advisory JSA10789.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102702

File Name: juniper_jsa10789.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: Junos Local Security Checks

Published: 8/23/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

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-2017-10605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10605

JSA: JSA10789

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