Denial of service in Juniper IDP on SRX and MX Series routers



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-28985
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Juniper IDP
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Juniper Networks, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU81321

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28985

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on Juniper Networks SRX Series and MX Series. A remote attacker can send specially crafted SSL packets to the device and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Juniper IDP: before 3598

CPE2.3 External links

http://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA71662


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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