Resource management error in Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2022-22211
Published: October 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68279
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-2022-22211
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 improper management of internal resources in FPC. A remote attacker can force continuous polling of the SNMP jnxCosQstatTable and causes the FPC to run out of GUID space.
The vulnerability affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series.
Affected software
Junos OS Evolved
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22211
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-S4-EVO, 21.3R3-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO, 22.2R1-EVO