CVE-2023-28984

Junos OS: QFX Series: The PFE may crash when a lot of MAC addresses are being learned and aged

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Apr 17, 2023
Updated
Feb 5, 2025
Reserved
Mar 29, 2023

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Description

A Use After Free vulnerability in the Layer 2 Address Learning Manager (l2alm) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX Series allows an adjacent attacker to cause the Packet Forwarding Engine to crash and restart, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). The PFE may crash when a lot of MAC learning and aging happens, but due to a Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization) that is outside the attackers direct control. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 19.4R3-S10 on QFX Series; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S7 on QFX Series; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S6 on QFX Series; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5 on QFX Series; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4 on QFX Series; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3 on QFX Series; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3 on QFX Series; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3 on QFX Series; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3 on QFX Series; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2 on QFX Series.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362 Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
  • CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • before 19.4R3-S10Affected
  • 20.2 to before 20.2R3-S7Affected
  • 20.3 to before 20.3R3-S6Affected
  • 20.4 to before 20.4R3-S5Affected
  • 21.1 to before 21.1R3-S4Affected
  • 21.2 to before 21.2R3-S3Affected
  • 21.3 to before 21.3R3-S3Affected
  • 21.4 to before 21.4R3Affected
  • 22.1 to before 22.1R3Affected
  • 22.2 to before 22.2R2Affected

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