QID 43931

Date Published: 2022-10-26

QID 43931: Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (JSA11281)

Juniper Junos is the network operating system used in Juniper Networks hardware systems.

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and SRX series allows an unauthenticated networked attacker to cause a flowd crash and thereby a Denial of Service (DoS).

Making this QID as practice as we cannot add SIP ALG enabled check in signature.
Affected Junos OS versions:
20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S1
21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-S2, 21.1R3
21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2
21.3 versions prior to 21.3R1-S1, 21.3R2

This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 20.4R1.

QID detection logic: (Authenticated)
It checks for vulnerable Junos OS version.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to an inoperable state of the affected system causing a DoS.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer JSA11281

    advisory for further information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 43931

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    JSA11281 URL Logo kb.juniper.net/JSA11281

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