Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU82496

Buffer overflow in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2022-22206

Published: July 13, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU82496

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-2022-22206

CWE-ID: CWE-120

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 non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer overflow error in the PFE. A remote non-authenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

The PFE will crash when specific traffic is scanned by Enhanced Web Filtering safe-search feature of UTM (Unified Threat management).

Continued receipt of this specific traffic will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

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