CVE-2004-0468

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Published Jul 8, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Memory leak in Juniper JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and device reboot) via certain IPv6 packets.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0467	Memory leak in Juniper JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and device reboot) via certain IPv6 packets.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.2% (3.193% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.jpcert.or.jp/at/2004/at040009.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/658859
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JSHA-6253CC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16548

History

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Subscriptions

Juniper Junos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 8, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 AM
Reserved: May 12, 2004, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 6, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

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