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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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Juniper Networks Junos OS PIM Join Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability. Large number of crafted PIM join messages can crash the RPD routing daemon. Applies to Junos OS 10.0 or later in NGEN MVPN environment. Solution available from Juniper or use ACLs/firewall filters

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# 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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