CVE-2022-22215

Summary

CVECVE-2022-22215
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-20 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-29 22:58:00 UTC
DescriptionA Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in plugable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). It is possible that after the termination of a gRPC connection the respective/var/run/<pid>.env file is not getting deleted which if occurring repeatedly can cause inode exhaustion. Inode exhaustion can present itself in two different ways: 1. The following log message can be observed: host kernel: pid <pid> (<process>), uid <uid> inumber <number> on /.mount/var: out of inodes which by itself is a clear indication. 2. The following log message can be observed: host <process>[<pid>]: ... : No space left on device which is not deterministic and just a representation of a write error which could have several reasons. So the following check needs to be done: user@host> show system storage no-forwarding Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ada1p1 475M 300M 137M 69% /.mount/var which indicates that the write error is not actually due to a lack of disk space. If either 1. or 2. has been confirmed, then the output of: user@host> file list /var/run/*.env | count need to be checked and if it indicates a high (>10000) number of files the system has been affected by this issue. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 19.1R3-S8; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S6; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S5; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S7; 20.1 version 20.1R1 and later versions; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S4; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R3-EVO; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S1-EVO; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1-EVO, 21.2R2-EVO.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Juniper Junos All All All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s7 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s7 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s8 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s9 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3-s4 All All
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 19.4 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s6 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 20.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r3-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved All All All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r2-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.2 r1 All All

References

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CEC Juniper Community CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
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