CVE-2023-44184

Summary

CVECVE-2023-44184
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-13 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-20 12:23:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in the management daemon (mgd) process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network-based authenticated low-privileged attacker, by executing a specific command via NETCONF, to cause a CPU Denial of Service to the device's control plane. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S2; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved * All versions prior to 21.4R3-S4-EVO; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S2-EVO; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-EVO; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2-EVO. An indicator of compromise can be seen by first determining if the NETCONF client is logged in and fails to log out after a reasonable period of time and secondly reviewing the WCPU percentage for the mgd process by running the following command: mgd process example: user@device-re#> show system processes extensive | match "mgd|PID" | except last PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 92476 root 100 0 500M 89024K CPU3 3 57.5H 89.60% mgd <<<<<<<<<<< review the high cpu percentage. Example to check for NETCONF activity: While there is no specific command that shows a specific session in use for NETCONF, you can review logs for UI_LOG_EVENT with "client-mode 'netconf'" For example: mgd[38121]: UI_LOGIN_EVENT: User 'root' login, class 'super-user' [38121], ssh-connection '10.1.1.1 201 55480 10.1.1.2 22', client-mode 'netconf'

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Juniper Junos All All 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 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 20.4 r3-s6 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 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 21.2 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.2 r3-s4 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 21.3 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.3 r3-s4 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 21.4 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 21.4 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 - 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 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.1 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 - 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 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.2 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.4 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved All All All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.4 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.1 r3-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.2 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.2 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.3 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.3 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.3 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 22.4 r1-s2 All All

References

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

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 44124 Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) OS CPU Denial of Service (DoS) (JSA73147)

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