Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2021 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2021-31362Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An IS-IS adjacency might be taken down if a bad hello PDU is received for an existing adjacency causing a DoS

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Junos OS from Juniper Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in RPD (routing protocol daemon) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause established IS-IS adjacencies to go down by sending a spoofed hello PDU leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Continued receipted of these spoofed PDUs will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 18.2R3-S8; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS unspecified – before 18.2R3-S818.3 – before 18.3R3-S518.4 – before 18.4R3-S919.1 – before 19.1R3-S719.2 – before 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S319.3 – before 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S219.4 – before 19.4R3-S320.1 – before 20.1R3
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved unspecified – before 20.4R2-EVO21.1 – before 21.1R2-EVO

Weakness: CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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