Junos OS: jdhcpd daemon memory consumption Denial of Service when receiving specific IPv6 DHCP packets.
Published Apr 10, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.71%
Description
Specific IPv6 DHCP packets received by the jdhcpd daemon will cause a memory resource consumption issue to occur on a Junos OS device using the jdhcpd daemon configured to respond to IPv6 requests. Once started, memory consumption will eventually impact any IPv4 or IPv6 request serviced by the jdhcpd daemon, thus creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition to clients requesting and not receiving IP addresses. Additionally, some clients which were previously holding IPv6 addresses will not have their IPv6 Identity Association (IA) address and network tables agreed upon by the jdhcpd daemon after the failover event occurs, which leads to more than one interface, and multiple IP addresses, being denied on the client. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2.
Affected products
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- Version 17.4StatusaffectedConstraints<17.4R2
- Version 18.1StatusaffectedConstraints<18.1R2
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 17.4R2, 18.1R2, 18.2R1, and all subsequent releases.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01706) | 76.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.71% (0.01706) | 76.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 45.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 44.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00112) | 42.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04499) | 74.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.40% (0.03396) | 67.40th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 3.40% (0.03396) | 67.08th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 52.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107874 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10920 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107874 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10920 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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