CVE-2016-4931 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XML entity injection in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Published: 2017-03-20

Score: 6.5 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_space:*:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5906	XML entity injection in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00269.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93540
https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10760

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Juniper Junos Space

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published: 2017-03-20T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.891Z

Reserved: 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4931

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-20T20:59:00.330

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-4931

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-611

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