CVE-2017-10607 Junos: rpd core due to receipt of specially crafted BGP packet
A crafted BGP packet sent directly to a Junos OS router can crash the routing process, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2017-10607?
CVE-2017-10607 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 13 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Juniper Networks Junos OS 16.1R1, and services releases based off of 16.1R1, are vulnerable to the receipt of a crafted BGP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sent directly to the router, which can cause the RPD routing process to crash and restart. Unlike BGP UPDATEs, which are transitive in nature, this issue can only be triggered by a packet sent directly to the IP address of the router. Repeated crashes of the rpd daemon can result in an extended denial of service condition. This issue only affects devices running Junos OS 16.1R1 and services releases based off of 16.1R1 (e.g. 16.1R1-S1, 16.1R1-S2, 16.1R1-S3). No prior versions of Junos OS are affected by this vulnerability, and this issue was resolved in Junos OS 16.2 prior to 16.2R1. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue was found during internal product security testing.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10607?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10607?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10607 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-2017-10607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-3v7c-p24m-p9gr.