SB2022041360 - Improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS
Published: April 13, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022041360
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) Improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22185)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, allows a network-based unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a specific fragmented packet to the device, resulting in a flowd process crash, which is responsible for packet forwarding. Continued receipt and processing of this specific packet will create a sustained DoS condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.