Resource exhaustion in Juniper Networks, Inc. products - CVE-2021-31368

 

Resource exhaustion in Juniper Networks, Inc. products - CVE-2021-31368

Published: October 14, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57352
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31368
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the kernel. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ACX710
EX2300
EX3400
Junos OS

How to mitigate CVE-2021-31368

Install updates from vendor's website.

Junos OS - addressed in versions 18.1R3-S13, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R3-S5, 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R3-S3, 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3, 20.2R3, 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3, 20.4R2, 21.1R1

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