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Juniper Junos OS: PFE crash while handling IPv6 ND advertisements (JSA10786) (CVE-2017-2340)

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Juniper Junos OS: PFE crash while handling IPv6 ND advertisements (JSA10786) (CVE-2017-2340)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/09/2017
Modified
03/21/2022

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 releases from 15.1R3 to 15.1R4, 16.1 prior to 16.1R3, on M/MX platforms where Enhanced Subscriber Management for DHCPv6 subscribers is configured, a vulnerability in processing IPv6 ND packets originating from subscribers and destined to M/MX series routers can result in a PFE (Packet Forwarding Engine) hang or crash.

Solution(s)

  • juniper-junos-os-upgrade-latest

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