CVE-2020-1678

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1678
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-16 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-25 15:20:00 UTC
DescriptionOn Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms with EVPN configured, receipt of specific BGP packets causes a slow memory leak. If the memory is exhausted the rpd process might crash. If the issue occurs, the memory leak could be seen by executing the "show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn" command multiple times to check if memory (Alloc Blocks value) is increasing. root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 3330678 79936272 3330678 79936272 root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 36620255 878886120 36620255 878886120 This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 19.4 versions; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4-EVO, 20.1R2-EVO; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-EVO; This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 19.4R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved releases prior to 19.4R1-EVO.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 19.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 19.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 20.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 20.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 19.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 19.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 20.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Evolved 20.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.2 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2020-10 Security Bulletin: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: RPD can crash due to a slow memory leak. (CVE-2020-1678) - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net Vendor Advisory
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