Junos OS: srxpfe DoS (JSA10972)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130520

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 srxpfe process. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, by sending a large amount of traffic to an affected SRX1500 device, causing it to fail to forward traffic.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10972

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7179bd3a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130520

File Name: juniper_jsa10972.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 7/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0050

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: 10/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0050

IAVA: 2019-A-0388

JSA: JSA10972