CVE-2020-1683

CVE-2020-1683 is a memory-leak DoS issue in Juniper Networks Junos OS triggered by a specific SNMP OID poll, leading to a kernel crash (vmcore). Affected Junos OS versions include 17.4R3; 18.1R3-S5 and later to 18.1R3-S10 (excluded), 18.2R3 and later to before 18.2R3-S3, various 18.2X75 builds be...

CVE-2020-1683 Junos OS: Memory leak leads to kernel crash (vmcore) due to SNMP polling

On Juniper Networks Junos OS devices, a specific SNMP OID poll causes a memory leak which over time leads to a kernel crash vmcore. Prior to the kernel crash other processes might be impacted, such as failure to establish SSH connection to the device. The administrator can monitor the output of t...