CVE-2017-2315
HIGHEPSS 83th pctlDescription
On Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches running affected Junos OS versions, a vulnerability in IPv6 processing has been discovered that may allow a specially crafted IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) packet destined to an EX Series Ethernet Switch to cause a slow memory leak. A malicious network-based packet flood of these crafted IPv6 NDP packets may eventually lead to resource exhaustion and a denial of service. The affected Junos OS versions are: 12.3 prior to 12.3R12-S4, 12.3R13; 13.3 prior to 13.3R10; 14.1 prior to 14.1R8-S3, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior ro 14.1X53-D12, 14.1X53-D40; 14.1X55 prior to 14.1X55-D35; 14.2 prior to 14.2R6-S4, 14.2R7-S6, 14.2R8; 15.1 prior to 15.1R5; 16.1 before 16.1R3; 16.2 before 16.2R1-S3, 16.2R2. 17.1R1 and all subsequent releases have a resolution for this vulnerability.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2003-0132 | Medium | 5.0 | 86% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-14495 | High | 7.5 | 84% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-22883 | High | 7.5 | 74% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-2398 | High | 8.6 | 36% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-9375 | High | 7.5 | 28% | - | - |
| CVE-1999-1127 | High | 7.5 | 18% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2017-2315?
No published fix for CVE-2017-2315 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2017-2315 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2017-2315 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.5% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2017-2315?
CVE-2017-2315 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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