SB2023071610 - Denial of service in Junos OS MPC
Published: July 16, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023071610
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36850)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Connectivity Fault Management(CFM) module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series(except MPC10, MPC11 and LC9600) . A remote attacker on the local network can send a malformed CFM packet to the affected system and crash the MPC.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.