CVE-2019-0075 Junos OS: SRX Series: Denial of Service vulnerability in srxpfe related to PIM

High 7.5 Published 9 Oct 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service on Juniper SRX devices by sending crafted PIM messages, requiring PIM to be enabled.

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-2019-0075?

CVE-2019-0075 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 vulnerability in the srxpfe process on Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) enabled SRX series devices may lead to crash of the srxpfe process and an FPC reboot while processing (PIM) messages. Sustained receipt of these packets may lead to an extended denial of service condition. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series: 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D160; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S7 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S8, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S8; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0075?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Juniper Junos.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0075?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0075 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-2019-0075 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0075 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9pwv-ff24-q9g4.