SB2021011547 - Trio-based MPC memory leak in Juniper Junos OS
Published: January 15, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021011547
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0202)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak when Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interface is mapped to a VPLS instance or a Bridge-Domain. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak in the MPC which can cause an out of memory and MPC restarts.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.