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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106749
Category:JunOS Local Security Checks
Title:Juniper Networks Junos OS PFE DoS Vulnerabilities
Summary:Junos OS is prone to a denial of service vulnerability while handling IPv6;ND advertisements.
Description:Summary:
Junos OS is prone to a denial of service vulnerability while handling IPv6
ND advertisements.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability in processing IPv6 ND packets originating from subscribers
and destined to M/MX series routers configured with Enhanced Subscriber Management for DHCPv6 subscribers can
result in a PFE (Packet Forwarding Engine) hang or crash.

This issue does not affect devices with only IPv4 configured.

Vulnerability Impact:
An attacker may cause a denial of service condition.

Affected Software/OS:
Junos OS 15.1 and 16.1

Solution:
New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2340
BugTraq ID: 97607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97607
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038254
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