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Juniper Networks JUNOS IPv6 Packet Handling Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21003
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Release Date:
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2006-07-11
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Last Update:
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2006-07-13
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | JUNOS 6.x
JUNOS 7.x
JUNOS 8.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3529 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the M-series, T-series, and J-Series routers, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when freeing memory after receiving certain IPv6 packets. This can be exploited to cause a exhaust available memory by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets to the vulnerable router.
Successful exploitation crashes the router.
The vulnerability has been reported for routers using a version of the JUNOS Internet Software built before 2006-05-10.
Solution:
Apply an updated version of the JUNOS software.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-07-12: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2006-07-13: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.juniper.net/support/security/alerts/IPv6_bug.txt
http://www.juniper.net/support/security/alerts/EXT-PSN-2006-06-017.txt
Other References:
US-CERT VU#294036:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/294036
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