CVE-2020-1687

Junos OS: EX4300-MP/EX4600/QFX5K Series: High CPU load due to receipt of specific layer 2 frames in EVPN-VXLAN deployment.

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Oct 16, 2020
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019

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Description

On Juniper Networks EX4300-MP Series, EX4600 Series and QFX5K Series deployed in (Ethernet VPN) EVPN-(Virtual Extensible LAN) VXLAN configuration, receipt of a stream of specific VXLAN encapsulated layer 2 frames can cause high CPU load, which could lead to network protocol operation issue and traffic interruption. This issue affects devices that are configured as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 gateway of an EVPN-VXLAN deployment. The offending layer 2 frames that cause the issue originate from a different access switch that get encapsulated within the same EVPN-VXLAN domain. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX4300-MP Series, EX4600 Series and QFX5K Series: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S9; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S5; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2-S1, 19.2R3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S1, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hjuniper

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • 17.3 to before 17.3R3-S9Affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2, 17.4R3-S3Affected
  • 18.1 to before 18.1R3-S11Affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R3-S5Affected
  • 18.3 to before 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3Affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4Affected
  • 19.1 to before 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S2Affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2-S1, 19.2R3Affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3Affected
  • 19.4 to before 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S1, 19.4R3Affected
  • 20.1 to before 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2Affected

References

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