CVE-2021-0257

Junos OS: MX Series, EX9200 Series: Trio-based MPCs memory leak in VPLS with integrated routing and bridging (IRB) interface

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Apr 22, 2021
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020

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Description

On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series platforms with Trio-based MPCs (Modular Port Concentrators) where Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interfaces are configured and mapped to a VPLS instance or a Bridge-Domain, certain Layer 2 network events at Customer Edge (CE) devices may cause memory leaks in the MPC of Provider Edge (PE) devices which can cause an out of memory condition and MPC restart. When this issue occurs, there will be temporary traffic interruption until the MPC is restored. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the status of memory usage level of the MPC: user@device> show system resource-monitor fpc FPC Resource Usage Summary Free Heap Mem Watermark : 20 % Free NH Mem Watermark : 20 % Free Filter Mem Watermark : 20 % * - Watermark reached Slot # % Heap Free RTT Average RTT 1 87 PFE # % ENCAP mem Free % NH mem Free % FW mem Free 0 NA 88 99 1 NA 89 99 When the issue is occurring, the value of “% NH mem Free” will go down until the MPC restarts. This issue affects MX Series and EX9200 Series with Trio-based PFEs (Packet Forwarding Engines), including MX-MPC1-3D, MX-MPC1E-3D, MX-MPC2-3D, MX-MPC2E-3D, MPC-3D-16XGE, and CHAS-MXxx Series MPCs. No other products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series, EX9200 Series: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S10; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S6; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1,, 20.3R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S2; 18.1; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S4; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S1; 19.1; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2.

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-S10Affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R3-S3Affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R3-S7Affected
  • 18.3 to before 18.3R3-S4Affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R3-S6Affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R3-S2Affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R3-S1Affected
  • 19.4 to before 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3Affected
  • 20.2 to before 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2Affected
  • 20.3 to before 20.3R1-S1,, 20.3R2Affected
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • 18.1Not affected
  • 19.1Not affected
  • 17.3 to before 17.3R3-S8Not affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R3-S2Not affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R3-S4Not affected
  • 18.3 to before 18.3R3-S2Not affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R3-S1Not affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R2Not affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R3Not affected
  • 19.4 to before 19.4R2Not affected

References

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