Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2022 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2022-22250Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An FPC crash might be seen due to an EVPN MAC entry moving from local to remote

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 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime vulnerability in Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In an EVPN-MPLS scenario, if MAC is learned locally on an access interface but later a request to delete is received indicating that the MAC was learnt remotely, this can lead to memory corruption which can result in line card crash and reload. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions 17.3R1 and later versions prior to 19.2R3-S5; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S5; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 version 20.1R1 and later versions; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S4; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S1; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R1-S1, 21.4R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R3-S3-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R1-S1-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 17.3R1.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS 17.3R1 – before unspecified19.2 – before 19.2R3-S519.3 – before 19.3R3-S519.4 – before 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S820.1R1 – before 20.1*20.2 – before 20.2R3-S420.3 – before 20.3R3-S3
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved unspecified – before 20.4R3-S3-EVO21.1R1-EVO – before 21.1-EVO*21.2-EVO – before 21.2R3-EVO21.3-EVO – before 21.3R2-EVO21.4-EVO – before 21.4R1-S1-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO

Weakness: CWE-664 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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