CVE-2023-36841

High

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows a unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). An attacker who sends malformed TCP traffic via an interface configured with PPPoE, causes an infinite loop on the respective PFE. This results in consuming all resources and a manual restart is needed to recover. This issue affects interfaces with PPPoE configured and tcp-mss enabled. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S6; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2;

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability50. percentile0.6%
ProductJuniper Junos
PublishedOct 12, 2023
First seenOct 12, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • juniper junos20.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
juniper junosv < 20.4, 20.4, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.420.4

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