Security flaw in Juniper’s JunOS can be used to crash routers

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A serious flaw in the operating system running Juniper routers can make them crash and reboot, the network equipment vendor has advised.

By sending a specially crafted transmission control protocol (TCP) packet to a listening port on a Juniper Routing Engine, it’s possible to make the kernel in JunOS crash, and cause them to swich over or reboot.

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