Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2023 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2023-44175Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specific genuine PIM packet causes RPD crash

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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows to send specific genuine PIM packets to the device resulting in rpd to crash causing a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Note: This issue is not noticed when all the devices in the network are Juniper devices. This issue affects Juniper Networks: Junos OS: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3. Junos OS Evolved: * All versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO; * 22.4-EVO versions prior to 22.4R3-EVO; * 23.2-EVO versions prior to 23.2R1-EVO.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS 0 – before 20.4R3-S721.1 – before 21.1R3-S421.2 – before 21.2R3-S521.3 – before 21.3R3-S421.4 – before 21.4R3-S422.1 – before 22.1R3-S422.2 – before 22.2R322.3 – before 22.3R3
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 0 – before 22.3R3-EVO22.4-EVO – before 22.4R3-EVO23.2-EVO – before 23.2R1-EVO

Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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