Juniper Networks Junos OS PIM Join Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability
🗓️ 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-6170 | 17 Oct 201323:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2013-6170 | 17 Oct 201323:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2013-5999 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Juniper Junos PIM Remote Denial of Service (JSA10548) | 17 Oct 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2013-6170 | 17 Oct 201323:55 | – | nvd | |
| Input validation | 17 Oct 201323:55 | – | prion |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| kb | www.kb.juniper.net/JSA10548 |
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/55216 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/62973 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/o:juniper:junos";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103949");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-10-28 12:53:03 +0700 (Mon, 28 Oct 2013)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6170");
script_name("Juniper Networks Junos OS PIM Join Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("JunOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gb_juniper_junos_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("juniper/junos/detected", "juniper/junos/build");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A large number of crafted PIM join messages can crash the RPD
routing daemon.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable OS build is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Receipt of a large number of crafted IPv4 or IPv6 PIM join
messages in a Next-Generation Multicast VPN (NGEN MVPN) environment can trigger the RPD routing daemon
to crash.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Once a large amount of these PIM joins are received by the
router, RPD crashes and restarts.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Junos OS 10.0 or later but only applies to PIM in an NGEN MVPN
environment.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper. As
a workaround ACLs or firewall filters to limit PIM access to the router only from trusted hosts.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://kb.juniper.net/JSA10548");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62973");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/55216");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, nofork: TRUE))
exit(0);
build = get_kb_item("juniper/junos/build");
if (!build)
exit(0);
desc += "Version/Build-Date:
" + version + " / " + build;
build2check = str_replace(string:build, find:"-", replace:"");
if (revcomp(a:build2check, b:"20120927") >= 0) {
exit(99);
}
if (revcomp(a:version, b:"10.0S28") < 0) {
security_message(port:0, data:desc);
exit(0);
}
if (version =~ "^10") {
if (revcomp(a:version, b:"10.4R7") < 0) {
security_message(port:0, data:desc);
exit(0);
}
}
if (version =~ "^11") {
if (revcomp(a:version, b:"11.1R5") < 0) {
security_message(port:0, data:desc);
exit(0);
} else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"11.2R2") < 0) &&
(revcomp(a:version, b:"11.2") >= 0)) {
security_message(port:0, data:desc);
exit(0);
} else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"11.4R1") < 0) &&
revcomp(a:version, b:"11.4") >= 0) {
security_message(port:0, data:desc);
exit(0);
}
}
exit(99);
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.2Medium risk
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CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.02021