Input validation error in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2021-0282
Published: July 19, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54991
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0282
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS
Juniper Junos OS
Detailed vulnerability 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 when processing a specific BGP UPDATE on Juniper Networks Junos OS devices with Multipath or add-path feature enabled. A remote attacker can send specific BGP UPDATE message and crash the routing process daemon (RPD).
This BGP UPDATE message can propagate to other BGP peers with vulnerable Junos versions on which Multipath or add-path feature is enabled, and cause RPD to crash and restart. This issue affects both IBGP and EBGP deployments in IPv4 or IPv6 network.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-0282
Install updates from vendor's website.