# CVE-2019-0059: Denial of service in Junos OS

> An attacker can cause a denial of service on Junos OS devices by sending specific BGP states from a peered host, leading to a routing process crash.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7rm-c66r-g7qx

## What is CVE-2019-0059?

CVE-2019-0059 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 9 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A memory leak vulnerability in the of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) to the device by sending specific commands from a peered BGP host and having those BGP states delivered to the vulnerable device. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S1; 18.1X75 all versions. Versions before 18.1R1 are not affected.

Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime), CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0059?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Juniper Junos.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-0059?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0059 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-0059 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos

- [CVE-2023-36845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36845/): Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-1631](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1631/): Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21590/): Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization (medium 6.7, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-36851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36851/): Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-36844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36844/): Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-0059 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-0059 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 9 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Juniper Junos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0059/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0059
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0059
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0059

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