CVE-2014-3813 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash and reboot Juniper NetScreen Firewalls via DNS lookup vectors when the internal DNS client is enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-3813?

CVE-2014-3813 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Juniper Networks NetScreen Firewall products with ScreenOS before 6.3r17, when configured to use the internal DNS lookup client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) via vectors related to a DNS lookup.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3813?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Juniper Netscreen-5200, Juniper Netscreen-5400, Juniper Screenos.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3813?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3813 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-3813 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pg8q-45w2-grrw.

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