CVE-2021-0209

Summary

CVECVE-2021-0209
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-15 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-25 15:20:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved an attacker sending certain valid BGP update packets may cause Junos OS Evolved to access an uninitialized pointer causing RPD to core leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt of these types of valid BGP update packets will cause an extended Denial of Service condition. RPD will require a restart to recover. An indicator of compromise is to see if the file rpd.re exists by issuing the command: show system core-dumps This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2-EVO; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S2-EVO, 20.1R2-S1-EVO. This issue does not affect Junos OS.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-824

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 20.1 r1-s1 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 20.1 r1-s1 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 20.1 r1-s1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2021-01 Security Bulletin: Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of certain valid BGP update packets from BGP peers may cause RPD to core when using REGEX. (CVE-2021-0209) - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net Vendor Advisory
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