Memory leak in Junos OS Evolved and Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2022-22240
Published: October 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82508
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22240
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Junos OS Evolved
Juniper Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling and a Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated low privileged attacker to cause a Denial of Sevice (DoS).
In a high-scaled BGP routing environment with rib-sharding enabled, two issues may occur when executing a specific CLI command.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.