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A Use of an Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in the...

Moderate 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

A Use of an Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, in a Multicast only Fast Reroute (MoFRR) scenario, the rpd process can crash when a a specific low privileged CLI command is executed. The rpd crash will impact all routing protocols until the process has automatically been restarted. As the operational state which makes this issue exploitable is outside the attackers control, this issue is considered difficult to exploit. Continued execution of this command will lead to a sustained DoS.

This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
19.4 version 19.4R3-S5 and later versions prior to 19.4R3-S9;
20.1 version 20.1R2 and later versions;
20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S7;
20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;
20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S6;
21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1;
21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3;
22.1 versions prior to 22.1R1-S2, 22.1R2;
22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
All versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;
21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions;
21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-EVO and later versions;
21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-EVO;
22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R1-S2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO;
22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R2-EVO.

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

Moderate

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
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
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:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-36836

GHSA ID

GHSA-jmpv-5c86-5fj9

Source code

No known source code

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