Juniper Junos OS: High rate of HTTP connections can send httpd into a spinlock (JSA10505)
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(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
04/01/2012
07/25/2018
05/07/2014
05/07/2014
Description
A high rate of inbound HTTP connections over an extended period of time may trap the httpd process into a spinlock, causing high CPU utilization. CPU load continues even after the stream of connection attempts is terminated. The process must be killed from the shell to reduce the CPU load.
Solution(s)
- juniper-junos-os-upgrade-latest
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