CVE-2019-0056 | Junos OS: MX Series: An MPC10 Denial of Service (DoS) due to OSPF states transitioning to Down, causes traffic to stop forwarding through the device.

This issue only affects devices with three (3) or more MPC10's installed in a single chassis with OSPF enabled and configured on the device. An Insufficient Resource Pool weakness allows an attacker to cause the device's Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) states to transition to Down, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This attack requires a relatively large number of specific Internet Mixed (IMIXed) types of genuine and valid IPv6 packets to be transferred by the attacker in a relatively short period of time, across three or more PFE's on the device at the same time. Continued receipt of the traffic sent by the attacker will continue to cause OSPF to remain in the Down starting state, or flap between other states and then again to Down, causing a persistent Denial of Service. This attack will affect all IPv4, and IPv6 traffic served by the OSPF routes once the OSPF states transition to Down. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX480, MX960, MX2008, MX2010, MX2020: 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S5; 18.1X75 version 18.1X75-D10 and later versions; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S3, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D50; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S4, 18.3R2, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2.

Published: 2019-10-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-0056 is rated Moderate Risk (54.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.32%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-0056

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.39% 1.32% +0.93%
2 2025-03-30 0.61% 0.39% -0.22%
3 2025-03-29 0.61%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-0056

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-0056

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-0056

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.1x75 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1x75:d10:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.2x75 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2x75:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.2x75 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2x75:d20:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.2x75 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2x75:d40:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.3 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.3 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.3 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.3 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.3 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.3:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 18.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-0056

URL Tags
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10954 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence