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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106058
Category:JunOS Local Security Checks
Title:Juniper Networks Junos OS EX4300 Series Network Topology DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Junos OS on EX4300 Series is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Junos OS on EX4300 Series is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
A certain type of legitimate traffic which can be maliciously
crafted or may be valid traffic for networking requirements in customer sites received from ingress
interfaces through the EX-PFE leak out blocked Spanning Tree Protocol egress interfaces creating an
artificial loop in network topology. This can lead to a high bandwidth usage denial of service condition.
Continued packets can create a persistent denial of service condition.

Vulnerability Impact:
A network based attacker can create high network bandwidth
usage denial of service condition.

Affected Software/OS:
Junos OS 13.2, 14.1 and 15.1

Solution:
New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035106
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