Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2022-22235

 

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2022-22235

Published: October 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68582
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-2022-22235
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 errors in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) when handling GPRS Tunnel Protocol (GTP) packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the device and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-22235

Install updates from vendor's website.

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