Juniper Junos Packet Forwarding Engine Potential RCE (JSA10906)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121066

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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.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10906

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121066

File Name: juniper_jsa10906.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Published: 1/10/2019

Updated: 2/11/2021

Dependencies: junos_version.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0006

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

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

Risk Factor: Critical

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