Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2023-36831

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Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2023-36831

Published: July 16, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78280
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-2023-36831
CWE-ID: CWE-755
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 a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of errors in the UTM (Unified Threat Management) Web-Filtering feature. A remote attacker can cause a jbuf memory leak to occur when accessing certain websites, eventually leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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