Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2021-0299

 

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2021-0299

Published: October 19, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57434
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0299
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
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 improper handling of exceptional conditions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-0299

Install updates from vendor's website.

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