# CVE-2013-6015: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the flow daemon on Juniper SRX gateways via TCP packets if a TCP proxy plugin is configured.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22r5-h494-2vm4

## What is CVE-2013-6015?

CVE-2013-6015 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Juniper Junos before 10.4S14, 11.4 before 11.4R5-S2, 12.1R before 12.1R3, 12.1X44 before 12.1X44-D20, and 12.1X45 before 12.1X45-D15 on SRX Series services gateways, when a plugin using TCP proxy is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flow daemon crash) via an unspecified sequence of TCP packets.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6015?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Juniper Junos.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-6015?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6015 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-6015 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos

- [CVE-2023-36845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36845/): Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-1631](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1631/): Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21590/): Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization (medium 6.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-36851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36851/): Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-36844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36844/): Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6015 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-6015 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Juniper Junos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6015/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6015/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6015
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6015
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-6015

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