CVE-2018-0048

Junos OS: Memory exhaustion denial of service vulnerability in Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support.

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: October 10, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:29 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorJunos

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

A vulnerability in the Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support can allow a network based unauthenticated attacker to cause a severe memory exhaustion condition on the device. This can have an adverse impact on the system performance and availability. This issue only affects devices with JET support running Junos OS 17.2R1 and subsequent releases. Other versions of Junos OS are unaffected by this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3;

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Junos · Juniper Networks

95%

17.2 ≤ v < 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R317.2X75 ≤ v < 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D11017.3 ≤ v < 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R317.4 ≤ v < 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R218.1 ≤ v < 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R317.2 17.2 r1 17.2X7517.2x7517.3 17.3 r1 17.3 r2 17.4 17.4 r1 18.1 18.1 r1

Affected range stops below 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105564

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041849

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882

CVSS

7.5HIGHjuniper

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-400

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