CVE-2015-5358 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published 14 Jul 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending numerous requests that exhaust mbufs and connections, requiring a system restart.

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-2015-5358?

CVE-2015-5358 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 14 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Juniper Junos OS 12.1X44 before 12.1X44-D50, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D35, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D25, 12.3 before 12.3R9, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D15, 13.2 before 13.2R7, 13.2X51 before 13.2X51-D35, 13.2X52 before 13.2X52-D25, 13.3 before 13.3R6, 14.1R3 before 14.1R3-S2, 14.1 before 14.1R4, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D12, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D16, 14.1X55 before 14.1X55-D25, 14.2 before 14.2R2, and 15.1 before 15.1R1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mbuf and connection consumption and restart) via a large number of requests that trigger a TCP connection to move to the LAST_ACK state when there is more data to send.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5358?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juniper Junos.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5358?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5358 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-2015-5358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-62ww-34m6-5rrr.