SB2023011180 - Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS



SB2023011180 - Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS

Published: January 11, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023011180
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) Improper handling of exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22391)

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

A vulnerability in class-of-service (CoS) queue management in Juniper Networks Junos OS on the ACX2K Series devices allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).  Specific packets are being incorrectly routed to a queue used for other high-priority traffic such as BGP, PIM, ICMP, ICMPV6 ND and ISAKMP.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.