CVE-2017-2314
Junos: RPD crash due to malformed BGP OPEN message
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- juniper
Description
Receipt of a malformed BGP OPEN message may cause the routing protocol daemon (rpd) process to crash and restart. By continuously sending specially crafted BGP OPEN messages, an attacker can repeatedly crash the rpd process causing prolonged denial of service. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 prior to 12.3R12-S4, 12.3R13, 12.3R3-S4; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D50; 13.3 prior to 13.3R4-S11, 13.3R10; 14.1 prior to 14.1R8-S3, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D40; 14.1X55 prior to 14.1X55-D35; 14.2 prior to 14.2R4-S7, 14.2R6-S4, 14.2R7; 15.1 prior to 15.1F2-S11, 15.1F4-S1-J1, 15.1F5-S3, 15.1F6, 15.1R4; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D100; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D33, 15.1X53-D50.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- routing protocol daemon (rpd) crash denial of service
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 12.3 prior to 12.3R12-S4, 12.3R13, 12.3R3-S4
- affected 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D50
- affected 13.3 prior to 13.3R4-S11, 13.3R10
- affected 14.1 prior to 14.1R8-S3, 14.1R9
- affected 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D40
- affected 14.1X55 prior to 14.1X55-D35
- affected 14.2 prior to 14.2R4-S7, 14.2R6-S4, 14.2R7
- affected 15.1 prior to 15.1F2-S11, 15.1F4-S1-J1, 15.1F5-S3, 15.1F6, 15.1R4
- affected 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D100
- affected 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D33, 15.1X53-D50
What to do
Workaround: While there is no workaround, the risk associated with this issue can be mitigated by limiting BGP sessions only from trusted peers.
References (2)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10779 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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