Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2021 · Assigned by juniper
CVE-2021-0294Junos OS: QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series: Enhanced storm control might not work leading to partial Denial of Service
Medium 5.3
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 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS, which only affects the release 18.4R2-S5, where a function is inconsistently implemented on Juniper Networks Junos QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series, and if "storm-control enhanced" is configured, can lead to the enhanced storm control filter group not be installed. It will cause storm control not to work hence allowing an attacker to cause high CPU usage or packet loss issues by sending a large amount of broadcast or unknown unicast packets arriving the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks QFX5100, QFX5110, QFX5120, QFX5200, QFX5210, EX4600, and EX4650, and QFX5100 with QFX 5e Series image installed. QFX5130 and QFX5220 are not affected from this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.4R2-S5 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series. No other product or platform is affected by this vulnerability.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | 18.4R2-S5 |
Weakness: CWE-474 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11196 x_refsource_CONFIRM