high
7.5
CWE
400
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-0030: Junos OS: MPC7/8/9, PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) and PTX1K: Line card may crash upon receipt of specific MPLS packet.

First published: Wed Jul 11 2018(Updated: )

Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause MPC7/8/9, PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) line cards or PTX1K to crash and restart. By continuously sending specific MPLS packets, an attacker can repeatedly crash the line cards or PTX1K causing a sustained Denial of Service. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS with MPC7/8/9 or PTX-FPC3 (FPC-P1, FPC-P2) installed and PTX1K: 15.1F versions prior to 15.1F6-S10; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S4, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7; 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D46; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R1-S7, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S4, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D70, 17.2X75-D90; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S2, 17.4R2. Refer to KB25385 for more information about PFE line cards.

Credit: sirt@juniper.net

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Juniper Junos=15.1-f
Juniper Junos=15.1-f2
Juniper Junos=15.1-f3
Juniper Junos=15.1-f4
Juniper Junos=15.1-f5
Juniper Junos=15.1-f6
Juniper Junos=15.1
Juniper Junos=15.1-r1
Juniper Junos=15.1-r2
Juniper Junos=15.1-r6-s6
Juniper Junos=15.1-r7
Juniper Junos=16.1
Juniper Junos=16.1-r1
Juniper Junos=16.1-r2
Juniper Junos=16.1-r3
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4-s9
Juniper Junos=16.1-r5-s4
Juniper Junos=16.1-r6-s3
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7
Juniper Junos=16.1x65
Juniper Junos=16.1x65-d30
Juniper Junos=16.1x65-d35
Juniper Junos=16.1x65-d40
Juniper Junos=16.2
Juniper Junos=16.2-r1
Juniper Junos=16.2-r2-s5
Juniper Junos=16.2-r3
Juniper Junos=17.1
Juniper Junos=17.1-r1
Juniper Junos=17.1-r2-s7
Juniper Junos=17.1-r3
Juniper Junos=17.2
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1
Juniper Junos=17.2-r2-s4
Juniper Junos=17.2-r3
Juniper Junos=17.3
Juniper Junos=17.3-r1
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2
Juniper Junos=17.4
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2
Juniper Junos=17.2x75
Juniper Junos=17.2x75-d90

Remedy

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 12.1X46-D77, 12.3X48-D70, 14.1X53-D47, 15.1F6-S10, 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7, 15.1X49-D140, 15.1X53-D471, 15.1X53-D59, 15.1X53-D67, 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S4, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7, 16.1X65-D46, 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3, 17.1R1-S7, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3, 17.2R1-S4, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D70, 17.3R1-S4, 17.3R2, 17.4R1-S2, 17.4R2, 18.1R1, 18.1X75-D10 and all subsequent releases. This fix has been proactively committed into other releases that might not support these specific line card.

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