CVE-2021-0238

Junos OS: MX Series: Executing CLI command repetitively may cause the system to run out of disk space

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Apr 22, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020

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Description

When a MX Series is configured as a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) based on Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), executing certain CLI command may cause the system to run out of disk space, excessive disk usage may cause other complications. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the available disk space: user@device> show system storage Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/gpt/junos 19G 18G 147M 99% /.mount <<<<< running out of space tmpfs 21G 16K 21G 0% /.mount/tmp tmpfs 5.3G 1.7M 5.3G 0% /.mount/mfs This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: 17.3R1 and later versions prior to 17.4R3-S5, 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S13, 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S4; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R1-S1, 20.4R2; This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 17.3R1.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • 17.3R1 to before 17.3*Affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R3-S5Affected
  • 18.1 to before 18.1R3-S13Affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R3-S7Affected
  • 18.3 to before 18.3R3-S4Affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R3-S7Affected
  • 19.1 to before 19.1R3-S4Affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2Affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R3-S2Affected
  • 19.4 to before 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2Affected
  • 20.1 to before 20.1R3Affected
  • 20.2 to before 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3Affected
  • 20.3 to before 20.3R2Affected
  • 20.4 to before 20.4R1-S1, 20.4R2Affected
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • before 17.3R1Not affected

References

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