Riskcovery

CVE-2022-22201

SRX5000 Series with SPC3, SRX4000 Series, and vSRX: When PowerMode IPsec is configured, the PFE will crash upon receipt of a malformed ESP packet

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Oct 18, 2022
Updated
May 12, 2025
Reserved
Dec 21, 2021

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Description

An Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On SRX5000 Series with SPC3, SRX4000 Series, and vSRX, when PowerMode IPsec is configured and a malformed ESP packet matching an established IPsec tunnel is received the PFE crashes. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX5000 Series with SPC3, SRX4000 Series, and vSRX: All versions prior to 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S7; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S4; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S2; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R1-S2, 21.3R2.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1285 Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • before 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S7Affected
  • 20.1 to before 20.1R3-S3Affected
  • 20.2 to before 20.2R3-S4Affected
  • 20.3 to before 20.3R3-S3Affected
  • 20.4 to before 20.4R3-S2Affected
  • 21.1 to before 21.1R3Affected
  • 21.2 to before 21.2R3Affected
  • 21.3 to before 21.3R1-S2, 21.3R2Affected

References

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