SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2018-0043

CVE-2018-0043 — Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause the routing protocol daemon (RPD) pr

Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause the routing protocol daemon (RPD) process to crash and restart or may lead to remote code execution. By continuously sending specific MPLS packets, an attacker can repeatedly crash the RPD process causing a sustained Denial of Service.

CVSS
8.8 HIGH
EPSS
68.00% (top 28.70%)
CWE
Published
2018-10-10T18:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T22:45:03.925Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause the routing protocol daemon (RPD) process to crash and restart or may lead to remote code execution. By continuously sending specific MPLS packets, an attacker can repeatedly crash the RPD process causing a sustained Denial of Service. This issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. This issue can only be exploited from within the MPLS domain. End-users…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Juniper NetworksJunos OS12.1X46, 12.3X48, 15.1X49
Juniper NetworksJunos OS12.3, 15.1F6, 15.1, 16.1, 16.1X65, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.2X75, 17.3, 17.4
Juniper NetworksJunos OS14.1X53
Juniper NetworksJunos OS14.1X53
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1X53
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1X53
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1X53
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1X53

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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