Input validation error in Junos OS Evolved and Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2023-44185

 

Input validation error in Junos OS Evolved and Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2023-44185

Published: October 16, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82054
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-2023-44185
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Junos OS Evolved
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) upon receiving and processing a specific malformed ISO VPN BGP UPDATE packet. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted input to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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