CVE-2017-10610 SRX Series: Embedded ICMP may cause the flowd process to crash

High 7.5 Published 13 Oct 2017 Updated 16 Sep 2024

A crafted ICMP packet in a NAT64 tunnel can crash the flowd process, causing denial of service on Juniper SRX devices.

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-2017-10610?

CVE-2017-10610 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

On SRX Series devices, a crafted ICMP packet embedded within a NAT64 IPv6 to IPv4 tunnel may cause the flowd process to crash. Repeated crashes of the flowd process constitutes an extended denial of service condition for the SRX Series device. This issue only occurs if NAT64 is configured. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D71, 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D55, 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D100 on SRX Series. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10610?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juniper Junos.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10610?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10610 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-2017-10610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-6crw-rcj7-h2q2.