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.
Published Oct 9, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.32%
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 products
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- Version 18.1StatusaffectedConstraints<18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S5
- Version 18.1X75-D10StatusaffectedConstraints<18.1X75*
- Version 18.2StatusaffectedConstraints<18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S3, 18.2R3
- Version 18.2X75StatusaffectedConstraints<18.2X75-D50
- Version 18.3StatusaffectedConstraints<18.3R1-S4, 18.3R2, 18.3R3
- Version 18.4StatusaffectedConstraints<18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2
- 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | n/a |
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Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
Configuration 5
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: 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S5, 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S3, 18.2R3, 18.2X75-D50, 18.3R1-S4, 18.3R2, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2, 19.1R1, 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
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01320) | 69.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01320) | 69.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 42.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 42.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00103) | 40.66th | 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 | 2.28% (0.02283) | 52.26th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.28% (0.02283) | 51.78th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 31.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10954 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10954 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory |
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