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;
Published 2018-10-10 18:29:02
Updated 2019-10-09 23:31:06
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Products affected by CVE-2018-0048

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-0048

0.23%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 60 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-0048

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
Juniper Networks, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2018-0048

  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by:
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
    • sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

References for CVE-2018-0048

  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041849
    Juniper Junos RPD JET Support Bug Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker
    Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
  • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105564
    Juniper Junos CVE-2018-0048 Denial of Service Vulnerability
    Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
  • https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10882
    Juniper Networks - 2018-10 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: Memory exhaustion denial of service vulnerability in Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support (CVE-2018-0048)
    Vendor Advisory
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