Resource management error in Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2022-22211

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Resource management error in Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2022-22211

Published: October 12, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68279
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-2022-22211
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Junos OS Evolved

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-22211

Install updates from vendor's website.

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