CVE-2018-0005
Security Bulletin: Junos OS: MAC move limit configured to drop traffic may forward traffic.
- Published
- Updated
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- juniper
Description
QFX and EX Series switches configured to drop traffic when the MAC move limit is exceeded will forward traffic instead of dropping traffic. This can lead to denials of services or other unintended conditions. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D40; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D55; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
- QFX and EX Series switches may forward traffic instead of dropping traffic which can lead to denials of services or other unintended conditions.
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Affected products
- affected 14.1X53 – < 14.1X53-D40
- affected 15.1X53 – < 15.1X53-D55
- affected 15.1 – < 15.1R7
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 14.1X53-D40, 15.1X53-D55, 15.1X53-D60, 16.1R1, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround: To decrease the risk of seeing the issue, increase the MAC move limit rate on the device, or to work around the issue until a fix can be taken, remove the MAC move limit from the devices running configuration. These actions may introduce other possible unintended consequences to customer environments and should be evaluated carefully on a case-by-case basis and are not complete mitigations.
Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
References (2)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10833 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1040182 (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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