Juniper Junos Packet Forwarding Engine Potential RCE (JSA10906)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121066

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device is affected by a potential remote code execution vulnerability due to how the Packet Forwarding Engine manager (FXPC) handles HTTP packets.
An attacker could potentially crash the fxpc daemon or execute code.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10906.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121066

File Name: juniper_jsa10906.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: Junos Local Security Checks

Published: 1/10/2019

Updated: 2/11/2021

Dependencies: junos_version.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0006

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0006

JSA: JSA10906