CVE-2017-2347 Junos: Denial of Service vulnerability in rpd daemon
A malformed MPLS ping packet can crash the rpd daemon, causing denial of service on Juniper devices with MPLS OAM configured.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-2347?
CVE-2017-2347 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 14 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability in rpd daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a malformed MPLS ping packet to crash the rpd daemon if MPLS OAM is configured. Repeated crashes of the rpd daemon can result in an extended denial of service condition for the device. The affected releases are Junos OS 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D50, 12.3X48-D55; 13.3 prior to 13.3R10; 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S13, 14.1R8-S3, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D42, 14.1X53-D50; 14.2 prior to 14.2R4-S8, 14.2R7-S6, 14.2R8; 15.1 prior to 15.1F2-S14, 15.1F5-S7, 15.1F6-S4, 15.1F7, 15.1R4-S7, 15.1R5-S1, 15.1R6; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D100; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D105, 15.1X53-D47, 15.1X53-D62, 15.1X53-D70; 16.1 prior to 16.1R3-S3, 16.1R4. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2347?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2347?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2347 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-2017-2347 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2347 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqc5-x4m2-2r65.