CVE-2018-0003 Junos OS: A crafted MPLS packet may lead to a kernel crash
A crafted MPLS packet can cause a kernel crash in Junos OS, leading to denial of service on devices with MPLS 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-2018-0003?
CVE-2018-0003 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 10 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A specially crafted MPLS packet received or processed by the system, on an interface configured with MPLS, will store information in the system memory. Subsequently, if this stored information is accessed, this may result in a kernel crash leading to a denial of service. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D71; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S7; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D55; 14.1 versions prior to 14.1R8-S5, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D45, 14.1X53-D107; 14.2 versions prior to 14.2R7-S7, 14.2R8; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F5-S8, 15.1F6-S8, 15.1R5-S6, 15.1R6-S3, 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D100; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D65, 15.1X53-D231; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S6, 16.1R4-S6, 16.1R5; 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D45; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S1, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S2, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S3, 17.2R2; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D50. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0003?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0003?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0003 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-2018-0003 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0003 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2pc-9r6q-7m2m.