Juniper Networks Junos OS NTP Server Amplification Denial of Service Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/o:juniper:junos";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105920");
  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:"2014-07-31 13:20:03 +0200 (Thu, 31 Jul 2014)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/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-2013-5211");

  script_name("Juniper Networks Junos OS NTP Server Amplification Denial of Service Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("JunOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gb_juniper_junos_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("juniper/junos/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"DoS in NTP server");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable OS build is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When an NTP client or server is enabled within the [edit system
ntp] hierarchy level of the Junos configuration, REQ_MON_GETLIST and REQ_MON_GETLIST_1 control messages
supported by the monlist feature within NTP may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. NTP
is not enabled in Junos by default.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"If NTP is enabled an attacker can exploit the control messages to use
it as part of a DoS attack against a remote victim or as the target of an attack against the device itself.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Junos OS 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://kb.juniper.net/JSA10613");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64692");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, nofork: TRUE))
  exit(0);

if (revcomp(a:version, b:"11.4R12") < 0) {
  security_message(port:0, data:version);
  exit(0);
}

if (version =~ "^12") {
  if (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1R10") < 0) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X44-D35") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X44") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X45-D25") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X45") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X46-D15") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X46") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X47-D10") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.1X47") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"12.2R8") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.2") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"12.3R7") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"12.3") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^13") {
  if (revcomp(a:version, b:"13.1R4-S2") < 0) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"13.2R4") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"13.2") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
  else if ((revcomp(a:version, b:"13.3R2") < 0) &&
           (revcomp(a:version, b:"13.3") >= 0)) {
    security_message(port:0, data:version);
    exit(0);
  }
}