[j-nsp] Unrecognized ICMP6 type

[Phil Rosenthal]

Now that the PR is out, should we expect 6.3R2 or 6.4 to be released 
soon?

On Jun 19, 2004, at 9:55 AM, Paul Goyette wrote:

> The specially-crafted packet itself does NOT "make a JUNOS
> box fall over"!
>
> It _does_ cause a memory leak in the packet forwarding engine,
> which can eventually cause problems.
>
> This PR was originally not recognized as presenting a security
> hole (DoS attack vector).  I have just updated it to reflect
> the severity of the problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Daniel Roesen
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 5:58 AM
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Unrecognized ICMP6 type
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 10:24:07AM +0200, Philippe PEGON wrote:
>> and the box stop routing regularly. Juniper has spot this problem, 
>> it's a
>> memory leak with some ICMP6 packets. A problem report was open in 
>> juniper
>> (PR48386) to solve that.
>
> Interesting, so "carefully crafted" ICMPv6 packets can make a JUNOS
> box fall over?
>
> /me awaits a security alert..
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
> _______________________________________________
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
>
> _______________________________________________
> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
>
--Phil Rosenthal
ISPrime, Inc.