Denial of service in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved RPD

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU54988

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0287

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. In an Segment Routing ISIS (SR-ISIS)/MPLS environment, on Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved devices, configured with ISIS Flexible Algorithm for Segment Routing and sensor-based statistics, a flap of a ISIS link in the network, can lead to a routing process daemon (RPD) crash and restart, causing a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued link flaps will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Junos OS Evolved: 20.3-EVO - 21.1

Juniper Junos OS: 19.4R1-S1 - 20.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11189

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.