Juniper Junos OS SRX Series: High CPU Load Utilization Vulnerability (JSA11081)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141846

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Junos OS installed on the remote host is SRX Series prior to 12.3X48-D105, 15.1X49-D221, 17.4R3-S3, 18.1R3-S11, 18.2R3-S3, 18.3R2-S4, 18.4R2-S5, 19.1R2-S2, 19.2R1-S5, 19.3R3, or 19.4R2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the JSA11081 advisory. 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 JSA11081

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11081

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141846

File Name: juniper_jsa11081.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Published: 10/23/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

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-2020-1684

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: 10/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1684

IAVA: 2020-A-0467-S

JSA: JSA11081