Memory leak in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2022-22228

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Memory leak in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2022-22228

Published: October 17, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68366
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-22228
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the routing protocol daemon (rpd). A remote attacker can send specially crafted IPv6 packets to any configured IPv6 address on the device, trigger RPD memory leak and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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