CVE-2018-0030 Junos OS: MPC7/8/9, PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) and PTX1K: Line card may crash upon receipt of specific MPLS packet.
An attacker can cause a sustained denial of service by sending specific MPLS packets that crash line cards or PTX1K 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-2018-0030?
CVE-2018-0030 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 11 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause MPC7/8/9, PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) line cards or PTX1K to crash and restart. By continuously sending specific MPLS packets, an attacker can repeatedly crash the line cards or PTX1K causing a sustained Denial of Service. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS with MPC7/8/9 or PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) installed and PTX1K: 15.1F versions prior to 15.1F6-S10; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S4, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7; 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D46; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R1-S7, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S4, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D70, 17.2X75-D90; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S2, 17.4R2. Refer to KB25385 for more information about PFE line cards.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0030?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0030?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0030 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-2018-0030 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0030 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-jr7j-5wrw-qxv3.