CVE-2023-22396

Summary

CVECVE-2023-22396
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-13 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-24 18:54:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in TCP processing on the Routing Engine (RE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send crafted TCP packets destined to the device, resulting in an MBUF leak that ultimately leads to a Denial of Service (DoS). The system does not recover automatically and must be manually restarted to restore service. This issue occurs when crafted TCP packets are sent directly to a configured IPv4 or IPv6 interface on the device. Transit traffic will not trigger this issue. MBUF usage can be monitored through the use of the 'show system buffers' command. For example: user@junos> show system buffers | refresh 5 4054/566/4620 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) ... 4089/531/4620 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) ... 4151/589/4740 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) ... 4213/527/4740 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 version 12.3R12-S19 and later versions; 15.1 version 15.1R7-S10 and later versions; 17.3 version 17.3R3-S12 and later versions; 18.4 version 18.4R3-S9 and later versions; 19.1 version 19.1R3-S7 and later versions; 19.2 version 19.2R3-S3 and later versions; 19.3 version 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S3 and later versions prior to 19.3R3-S7; 19.4 version 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S5 and later versions prior to 19.4R3-S10; 20.1 version 20.1R3-S1 and later versions; 20.2 version 20.2R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6; 20.3 version 20.3R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S6; 20.4 version 20.4R2-S2, 20.4R3 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S5; 21.1 version 21.1R2 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 version 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S2; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S1, 22.1R3; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R1-S2, 22.2R2; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S1, 22.3R2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Juniper Junos 12.3 r12-s19 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 12.3 r12-s20 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 15.1 r7-s10 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 15.1 r7-s11 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 15.1 r7-s12 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 17.3 r3-s12 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r3-s10 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r3-s11 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r3-s9 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s7 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s8 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 r2-s7 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 19.3 r3-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 All All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s7 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 19.4 r3-s7 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s8 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s9 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 20.1 r3-s4 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 20.2 r3-s5 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 20.3 r3-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r3-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r3-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r3-s5 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 21.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.1 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 r2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CEC Juniper Community CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 43949 Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (JSA70192)

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