CVE-2021-0299

Summary

CVECVE-2021-0299
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-19 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-26 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the processing of a transit or directly received malformed IPv6 packet in Juniper Networks Junos OS results in a kernel crash, causing the device to restart, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects systems with IPv6 configured. Devices with only IPv4 configured are not vulnerable to this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S1, 20.2R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 19.4R1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 - 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 19.4 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s5 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 20.1 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2021-10 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: Kernel crash (vmcore) upon receipt of a malformed IPv6 packet (CVE-2021-0299) - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
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