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Juniper Junos Crafted ICMP Packet DoS (JSA10752)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92520

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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 when a GRE or IPIP tunnel is configured. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted ICMP packet, to cause a kernel panic, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10752.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10752

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92520

File Name: juniper_jsa10752.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Published: 7/22/2016

Updated: 1/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1277

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 7/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1277

BID: 91755

JSA: JSA10752