SB2022101262 - Denial of service in Junos OS pkid process
Published: October 12, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022101262
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 or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22218)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling when using Certificate Management Protocol Version 2 (CMPv2) auto re-enrollment. A remote attacker can send a malformed response from the Certificate Authority (CA) server and crash the pkid process.
The vulnerability affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.