QFX and EX Series switches configured to drop traffic when the MAC move limit is exceeded will forward traffic instead of dropping traffic. This can lead to denials of services or other unintended conditions. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D40; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D55; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0830 QFX and EX Series switches configured to drop traffic when the MAC move limit is exceeded will forward traffic instead of dropping traffic. This can lead to denials of services or other unintended conditions. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D40; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D55; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7.
Fixes

Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 14.1X53-D40, 15.1X53-D55, 15.1X53-D60, 16.1R1, and all subsequent releases.


Workaround

To decrease the risk of seeing the issue, increase the MAC move limit rate on the device, or to work around the issue until a fix can be taken, remove the MAC move limit from the devices running configuration. These actions may introduce other possible unintended consequences to customer environments and should be evaluated carefully on a case-by-case basis and are not complete mitigations.

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:51:13.097Z

Reserved: 2017-11-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-0005

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-10T22:29:01.103

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:37:20.383

Link: CVE-2018-0005

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