CVE-2018-0054

QFX5000/EX4600 Series: Routing protocol flap upon receipt of high rate of Ethernet frames

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

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

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

8 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosQfx5200Qfx5110

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

Description

On QFX5000 Series and EX4600 switches, a high rate of Ethernet pause frames or an ARP packet storm received on the management interface (fxp0) can cause egress interface congestion, resulting in routing protocol packet drops, such as BGP, leading to peering flaps. The following log message may also be displayed: fpc0 dcbcm_check_stuck_buffers: Buffers are stuck on queue 7 of port 45 This issue only affects the QFX5000 Series products (QFX5100, QFX5110, QFX5200, QFX5210) and the EX4600 switch. No other platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D47 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7, 15.1R8 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D233 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R3 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D42 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600.

Affected

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

Junos · Juniper Networks

95%

14.1X53 ≤ v < 14.1X53-D4715.1 ≤ v < 15.1R7, 15.1R815.1X53 ≤ v < 15.1X53-D23316.1 ≤ v < 16.1R716.2 ≤ v < 16.2R317.1 ≤ v < 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R317.2 ≤ v < 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R317.2X75 ≤ v < 17.2X75-D4217.3 ≤ v < 17.3R317.4 ≤ v < 17.4R218.1 ≤ v < 18.1R214.1X5314.1x5314.1x53 d10 14.1x53 d121 14.1x53 d15 14.1x53 d16 14.1x53 d25 14.1x53 d26 14.1x53 d27 14.1x53 d30 14.1x53 d35 14.1x53 d40 14.1x53 d42 14.1x53 d43 14.1x53 d44 14.1x53 d45 14.1x53 d46 15.1 15.1 f2 15.1 f3 15.1 f4 15.1 f5 15.1 f6 15.1 f7 15.1 r1 15.1 r2 15.1 r3 15.1 r4 15.1 r5 15.1 r6 15.1X5315.1x5315.1x53 d20 15.1x53 d21 15.1x53 d210 15.1x53 d230 15.1x53 d231 15.1x53 d232 15.1x53 d25 15.1x53 d30 15.1x53 d32 15.1x53 d33 15.1x53 d34 15.1x53 d40 15.1x53 d45 16.1 16.1 r1 16.1 r2 16.1 r3 16.1 r4 16.1 r5 16.1 r6 16.2 16.2 r1 16.2 r2 17.1 17.1 r1 17.2 17.2 r1 17.2X7517.2x7517.2x75 d50 17.3 17.3 r1 17.3 r2 17.4 17.4 r1 18.1 18.1 r1

Affected range stops below 14.1X53-D47, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 15.1R7, 15.1R8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 15.1X53-D233, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 16.1R7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 16.2R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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

Affected range stops below 17.2X75-D42, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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

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

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

juniper-ex3400 (environment) · juniper-ex4600 (environment) · juniper-qfx5100 (environment) · juniper-qfx5110 (environment) · juniper-qfx5120 (environment) · juniper-qfx5200 (environment) · juniper-qfx5210 (environment)

Ex3400 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Ex4600 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Qfx5100 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions

Qfx5110 · Juniperdevice

80%

All versions