SB2021041508 - Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS FXPC

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SB2021041508 - Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS FXPC

Published: April 15, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021041508
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0237)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


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 when processing specific layer 2 frames on Juniper Networks EX4300-MP Series, EX4600 Series, EX4650 Series, QFX5K Series deployed as a Virtual Chassis with a specific Layer 2 circuit configuration. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system and crash the Packet Forwarding Engine manager (FXPC).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References