CVE-2018-0006

Junos OS: bbe-smgd process denial of service while processing VLAN authentication requests/rejects

Published Jan 10, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A high rate of VLAN authentication attempts sent from an adjacent host on the local broadcast domain can trigger high memory utilization by the BBE subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd), and lead to a denial of service condition. The issue was caused by attempting to process an unbounded number of pending VLAN authentication requests, leading to excessive memory allocation. This issue only affects devices configured for DHCPv4/v6 over AE auto-sensed VLANs, utilized in Broadband Edge (BBE) deployments. Other configurations are unaffected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R6-S2, 15.1R7; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R5-S1, 16.1R6; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S2, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S5, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 15.1R6-S2, 15.1R7, 16.1R5-S1, 16.1R6, 16.2R2-S2, 16.2R3, 17.1R2-S5*, 17.1R3*, 17.2R2, 17.3R1, 17.4R1, and all subsequent releases. *pending release


Vendor Workaround

Since this issue is specific to auto-sense or dynamic VLANs, utilizing a static VLAN model will mitigate this issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0831 A high rate of VLAN authentication attempts sent from an adjacent host on the local broadcast domain can trigger high memory utilization by the BBE subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd), and lead to a denial of service condition. The issue was caused by attempting to process an unbounded number of pending VLAN authentication requests, leading to excessive memory allocation. This issue only affects devices configured for DHCPv4/v6 over AE auto-sensed VLANs, utilized in Broadband Edge (BBE) deployments. Other configurations are unaffected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R6-S2, 15.1R7; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R5-S1, 16.1R6; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S2, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S5, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:20 AM
Reserved
Nov 16, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:29 AM