Resource exhaustion in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2022-22215
Published: July 16, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65372
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-2022-22215
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 failure to release file descriptors (e.g. delete the "respective/var/run/.env" file) in plugable authentication module (PAM) when handling gRPC connection termination events. A remote attacker can trigger inode exhaustion by initiating and terminating a large number of gRPC connections and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
Junos OS Evolved
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22215
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 19.1R3-S8, 19.2R3-S6, 19.3R3-S5, 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S7, 20.2R3-S5, 20.3R3-S4, 20.4R3, 21.1R3, 21.2R2, 21.3R1
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-EVO, 21.1R3-S1-EVO, 21.2R1-S1-EVO, 21.2R2-EVO, 21.3R1-EVO
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-EVO, 21.1R3-S1-EVO, 21.2R1-S1-EVO, 21.2R2-EVO, 21.3R1-EVO