CVE-2019-0056

Junos OS: MX Series: An MPC10 Denial of Service (DoS) due to OSPF states transitioning to Down, causes traffic to stop forwarding through the device.

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 9, 2019 at 07:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:07 AM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosMx960Mx480

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

This issue only affects devices with three (3) or more MPC10's installed in a single chassis with OSPF enabled and configured on the device. An Insufficient Resource Pool weakness allows an attacker to cause the device's Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) states to transition to Down, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This attack requires a relatively large number of specific Internet Mixed (IMIXed) types of genuine and valid IPv6 packets to be transferred by the attacker in a relatively short period of time, across three or more PFE's on the device at the same time. Continued receipt of the traffic sent by the attacker will continue to cause OSPF to remain in the Down starting state, or flap between other states and then again to Down, causing a persistent Denial of Service. This attack will affect all IPv4, and IPv6 traffic served by the OSPF routes once the OSPF states transition to Down. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX480, MX960, MX2008, MX2010, MX2020: 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S5; 18.1X75 version 18.1X75-D10 and later versions; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S3, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D50; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S4, 18.3R2, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2.

Affected

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

18.1 ≤ v < 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S518.1X75-D10 ≤ v < 18.1X75*18.2 ≤ v < 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S3, 18.2R318.2X75 ≤ v < 18.2X75-D5018.3 ≤ v < 18.3R1-S4, 18.3R2, 18.3R318.4 ≤ v < 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R218.118.1 r218.1 r2-s118.1 r2-s218.1 r318.1 r3-s218.1 r3-s318.1 r3-s418.1X75-D1018.1x75 d1018.218.2 r2-s118.2 r2-s218.2X7518.2x7518.2x75 d2018.2x75 d4018.318.3 r118.3 r1-s118.3 r1-s218.3 r1-s318.418.4 r1
Affected range stops below 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.1X75*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S3, 18.2R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.2X75-D50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.3R1-S4, 18.3R2, 18.3R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
juniper-mx2008 (environment) · juniper-mx2010 (environment) · juniper-mx2020 (environment) · juniper-mx480 (environment) · juniper-mx960 (environment)
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Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10954

CVSS

7.5HIGHjuniper
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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