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Juniper Junos IPv6 Packet Handling Remote DoS (JSA10762)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94331

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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 in the IPV6 implementation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a flood of specially crafted IPv6 traffic, to exhaust available resources or cause a kernel panic.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10762.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10762

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94331

File Name: juniper_jsa10762.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Published: 10/27/2016

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4922

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 10/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4922

BID: 93534

JSA: JSA10762