CVE-2018-0058

MEDIUM

Junos OS 15.1-18.2 - Denial of Service via Crafted IPv6 Exception Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Receipt of a specially crafted IPv6 exception packet may be able to trigger a kernel crash (vmcore), causing the device to reboot. The issue is specific to the processing of Broadband Edge (BBE) client route processing on MX Series subscriber management platforms, introduced by the Tomcat (Next Generation Subscriber Management) functionality in Junos OS 15.1. This issue affects no other platforms or configurations. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S2, 15.1R8 on MX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S11, 16.1R7-S2, 16.1R8 on MX Series; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R3 on MX Series; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3 on MX Series; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3 on MX Series; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3-S2, 17.3R4 on MX Series; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2 on MX Series; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3 on MX Series; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S1, 18.2R2 on MX Series.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://kb.juniper.net/KB31899
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10893

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (9)
juniper/junos 15.1 (13 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 16.1 (6 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 16.2 (3 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 17.1 (2 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 17.2 (2 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 17.3 (2 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 17.4 (2 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 18.1 (2 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 18.2
Published Oct 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026