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CVE-2023-28979

Junos OS: In a 6PE scenario upon receipt of a specific IPv6 packet an integrity check fails

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 19.3R3-S7, 19.4R3-S9, 20.2R3-S7, 20.3R3-S5, 20.4R3-S4, and 5 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to bypass an integrity check. In a 6PE scenario and if an additional integrity check is configured, it will fail to drop specific malformed IPv6 packets, and then these packets will be forwarded to other connected networks. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: All versions prior to 19.3R3-S7; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S9; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S7; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

    fixed in 19.3R3-S7; From 19.4 · fixed in 19.4R3-S9; From 20.2 · fixed in 20.2R3-S7; From 20.3 · fixed in 20.3R3-S5; From 20.4 · fixed in 20.4R3-S4; From 21.1 · fixed in 21.1R3-S3; From 21.2 · fixed in 21.2R3-S2; From 21.3 · fixed in 21.3R3-S1; From 22.1 · fixed in 22.1R2; From 22.2 · fixed in 22.2R2

References 1

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