CVE-2018-0006 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Networks Junos OS
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 10
Latest updateMay 13
Description
A high rate of VLAN authentication attempts sent from an adjacent host on the local broadcast domain can trigger high memory utilization by the BBE subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd), and lead to a denial of service condition. The issue was caused by attempting to process an unbounded number of pending VLAN authentication requests, leading to excessive memory allocation. This issue only affects devices configured for DHCPv4/v6 over AE auto-sensed VLANs, utilized in Broadband Edge (BBE) depl…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
1GHSA▶
GHSA-f33j-xhh7-r2cj: A high rate of VLAN authentication attempts sent from an adjacent host on the local broadcast domain can trigger high memory utilization by the BBE su↗2022-05-13
💥Exploits & PoCs
2📋Vendor Advisories
2VMware▶
vRealize Automation, vSphere Integrated Containers, and AirWatch Console updates address multiple security vulnerabilities↗2018-01-26
Juniper▶
CVE-2018-0006: A high rate of VLAN authentication attempts sent from an adjacent host on the local broadcast domain can trigger high memory utilization by the BBE su↗2018-01-10
💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-8956 ntp: ntpd allows remote attackers to prevent a broadcast client from synchronizing its clock↗2020-06-18