CVE-2023-44192

Summary

CVECVE-2023-44192
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-13 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-20 13:30:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause memory leak, leading to Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos OS QFX5000 Series platforms, when pseudo-VTEP (Virtual Tunnel End Point) is configured under EVPN-VXLAN scenario, and specific DHCP packets are transmitted, DMA memory leak is observed. Continuous receipt of these specific DHCP packets will cause memory leak to reach 99% and then cause the protocols to stop working and traffic is impacted, leading to Denial of Service (DoS) condition. A manual reboot of the system recovers from the memory leak. To confirm the memory leak, monitor for "sheaf:possible leak" and "vtep not found" messages in the logs. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS QFX5000 Series: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S2; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S2, 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

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 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 21.1 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 21.1 r3-s4 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 21.4 - 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 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 22.3 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 22.3 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 22.4 r1-s1 All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5110 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5120 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5130 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5200 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5210 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5220 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5230 - All All All
Hardware Juniper Qfk5700 - All All All

References

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CEC Juniper Community MISC supportportal.juniper.net
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