CVE-2017-2346

MEDIUM

Junos OS DoS via Large Fragmented Packets in ALG

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An MS-MPC or MS-MIC Service PIC may crash when large fragmented packets are passed through an Application Layer Gateway (ALG). Repeated crashes of the Service PC can result in an extended denial of service condition. The issue can be seen only if NAT or stateful-firewall rules are configured with ALGs enabled. This issue was caused by the code change for PR 1182910 in Junos OS 14.1X55-D30, 14.1X55-D35, 14.2R7, 15.1R5, and 16.1R2. No other versions of Junos OS and no other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX platforms running: 14.1X55 from 14.1X55-D30 to releases prior to 14.1X55-D35; 14.2R from 14.2R7 to releases prior to 14.2R7-S4, 14.2R8; 15.1R from 15.1R5 to releases prior to 15.1R5-S2, 15.1R6; 16.1R from 16.1R2 to releases prior to 16.1R3-S2, 16.1R4.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038895
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10794

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (8)
juniper/junos 14.1x55 (2 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 14.2 r (8 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 15.1 r (7 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 16.1 r (5 CPE variants)
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 14.1X55 from 14.1X55-D30 prior to 14.1X55-D35
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 14.2R from 14.2R7 prior to 14.2R7-S4, 14.2R8
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 15.1R from 15.1R5 prior to 15.1R5-S2, 15.1R6
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 16.1R from 16.1R2 prior to 16.1R3-S2, 16.1R4
Published Jul 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026