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CVE-2021-0283

Junos OS: Upon receipt of specific sequences of genuine packets destined to the device the kernel will crash and restart (vmcore)

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 12.3R12-S19, 15.1R7-S10, 17.3R3-S12, 18.1R3-S13, 18.3R3-S5, and 4 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the TCP/IP stack of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to send specific sequences of packets to the device thereby causing a Denial of Service (DoS). By repeatedly sending these sequences of packets to the device, an attacker can sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The device will abnormally shut down as a result of these sent packets. A potential indicator of compromise will be the following message in the log files: "eventd[13955]: SYSTEM_ABNORMAL_SHUTDOWN: System abnormally shut down" These issue are only triggered by traffic destined to the device. Transit traffic will not trigger these issues. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S19; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S10; 16.1 version 16.1R1 and later versions; 16.2 version 16.2R1 and later versions; 17.1 version 17.1R1 and later versions; 17.2 version 17.2R1 and later versions; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12; 17.4 version 17.4R1 and later versions; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S13; 18.2 version 18.2R1 and later versions; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S6; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S5; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-S1, 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

    From 12.3 · fixed in 12.3R12-S19; From 15.1 · fixed in 15.1R7-S10; From 16.1R1; From 16.2R1; From 17.1R1; From 17.2R1; From 17.3 · fixed in 17.3R3-S12; From 17.4R1; From 18.1 · fixed in 18.1R3-S13; From 18.2R1; From 18.3 · fixed in 18.3R3-S5; From 19.1 · fixed in 19.1R3-S6; From 19.4 · fixed in 19.4R3-S5; From 20.2 · fixed in 20.2R3-S2; From 20.3 · fixed in 20.3R3

References 1

kb.juniper.net