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An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions...

High severity Unreviewed Published Jul 14, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 4, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in packet processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specific packets to an Aggregated Multiservices (AMS) interface on the device, causing the packet forwarding engine (PFE) to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

This issue is only triggered by packets destined to a local-interface via a service-interface (AMS). AMS is only supported on the MS-MPC, MS-MIC, and MX-SPC3 cards. This issue is not experienced on other types of interfaces or configurations. Additionally, transit traffic does not trigger this issue.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series:
All versions prior to 19.1R3-S10;
19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S7;
19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S8;
19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S12;
20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S8;
20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S7;
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 22.2R3;
22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3;
22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 14, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 14, 2023
Last updated Apr 4, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.078%
(35th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-36832

GHSA ID

GHSA-6q8j-vvjq-vhjc

Source code

No known source code

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