CVE-2004-0468 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2004-07-08

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00807.

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-07-08T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.980Z

Reserved: 2004-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0468

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-06T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0468

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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