Denial of service in Junos OS flowd



Published: 2022-01-12
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-22175
CWE-ID CWE-667
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Juniper Junos OS
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Juniper Networks, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Improper locking

EUVDB-ID: #VU59562

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22175

CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking in the SIP ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series. An non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system to cause a flowprocessing daemon (flowd) crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Juniper Junos OS: 20.4 - 21.3R1-S2

External links

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA11281&cat=SIRT_1&actp=LIST


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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