CVE-2018-0048

moderate-risk

Published 2018-10-10

A vulnerability in the Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support can allow a network based unauthenticated attacker to cause a severe memory exhaustion condition on the device. This can have an adverse impact on the system performance and availability. This issue only affects devices with JET support running Junos OS 17.2R1 and subsequent releases. Other versions of Junos OS are unaffected by this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3;

Do I need to act?

1.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (10)

Junos

Affected Vendors

Juniper

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105564

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041849

Vendor Advisory https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105564

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041849

Vendor Advisory https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882

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moderate-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal

Exposure 16/34 · Moderate