CVE-2019-0001

Junos OS: MX Series: uncontrolled recursion and crash in Broadband Edge subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd).

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2019 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:07 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraJunos

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Receipt of a malformed packet on MX Series devices with dynamic vlan configuration can trigger an uncontrolled recursion loop in the Broadband Edge subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd), and lead to high CPU usage and a crash of the bbe-smgd service. Repeated receipt of the same packet can result in an extended denial of service condition for the device. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S1; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S10, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S1; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2.

Affected

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

Affected range stops below 16.1R7-S1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.2R2-S7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.1R2-S10, 17.1R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.2R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.3R3-S1, 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 18.1R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.2R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674

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