SB2021071916 - Denial of servce in Juniper QFX 5000 Series
Published: July 19, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021071916
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0285)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing a large amounts of legitimate traffic destined to the device. A remote attacker cause Interchassis Control Protocol (ICCP) interruptions leading to an unstable control connection between the MC-LAG nodes which can in turn lead to traffic loss.
The vulnerability affects QFX 5000 Series.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.