SB2022101260 - Denial of service in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved rpd



SB2022101260 - Denial of service in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved rpd

Published: October 12, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022101260
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22225)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd). In a BGP multipath scenario, when one of the contributing routes is flapping often and rapidly, rpd may crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.