HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3733

Junos E vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Juniper JUNOS and JUNOSe software for M, T, and J-series routers before release 6.4, and E-series routers before 7-1-0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1. NOTE: due to the lack of details in the advisory, it is unclear which of CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, and/or CVE-2005-3668 this issue applies to.
Affected vendor
Juniper
Affected product
Junos E
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-11-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-3733

  • Confirm whether Juniper Junos E is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3733.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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