CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1270

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The rpd daemon in Juniper Junos OS before versions 12.1X44-D60, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D45, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D30, 12.3 before 12.3R9, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D20, 13.2 before 13.2R7, 13.2X51 before 13.2X51-D40, 13.3 before 13.3R6, 14.1 before 14.1R4, and 14.2 before 14.2R2, when configured with BGP-based L2VPN or VPLS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via a crafted L2VPN family BGP update.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely trigger a daemon failure, leading to service unavailability, which may impact the continuity of organizational operations.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Junos OS to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor BGP traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The rpd daemon in Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X44-D60, 12.1X46 before 12.1X46-D45, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D30, 12.3 before 12.3R9, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D20, 13.2 before 13.2R7, 13.2X51 before 13.2X51-D40, 13.3 before 13.3R6, 14.1 before 14.1R4, and 14.2 before 14.2R2, when configured with BGP-based L2VPN or VPLS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via a crafted L2VPN family BGP update.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS