SB2023071428 - Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved aftman-bt
Published: July 14, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023071428
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36833)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS
Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, and PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with
LC1201/1202. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted traffic to the affected device, trigger a use-after-free error in the aftman-bt process and perform a denial of ervice (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.