CVE-2021-0240

Junos OS: Receipt of malformed DHCPv6 packets causes jdhcpd to crash and restart.

State
Published
Severity
7.4 High
Published
Apr 22, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020

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Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS platforms configured as DHCPv6 local server or DHCPv6 Relay Agent, the Juniper Networks Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Daemon (JDHCPD) process might crash if a malformed DHCPv6 packet is received, resulting in a restart of the daemon. The daemon automatically restarts without intervention, but continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects DHCPv6. DHCPv4 is not affected by this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S5; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S13; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S8; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R3-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 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 20.4R2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hjuniper

Weaknesses

  • CWE-703 Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • 17.3 to before 17.3R3-S12Affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R3-S5Affected
  • 18.1 to before 18.1R3-S13Affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R3-S8Affected
  • 18.3 to before 18.3R3-S5Affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R3-S7Affected
  • 19.1 to before 19.1R3-S5Affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R3-S2Affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R3-S2Affected
  • 19.4 to before 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 20.4R2Affected

References

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