Junos OS: An invalid certificate causes a Denial of Service in the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) process
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 20.4R3-S10, 21.2R3-S7, 21.4R3-S5, 22.1R3-S4, 22.2R3-S3, and 2 more
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the the Public Key Infrastructure daemon (pkid) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated networked attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS). The pkid is responsible for the certificate verification. Upon a failed verification, the pkid uses all CPU resources and becomes unresponsive to future verification attempts. This means that all subsequent VPN negotiations depending on certificate verification will fail. This CPU utilization of pkid can be checked using this command: root@srx> show system processes extensive | match pkid xxxxx root 103 0 846M 136M CPU1 1 569:00 100.00% pkid This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS • All versions prior to 20.4R3-S10; • 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S7; • 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S5; • 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; • 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S3; • 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-S1; • 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3; • 23.2 versions prior to 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Juniper Networks Junos OS
fixed in 20.4R3-S10; From 21.2 · fixed in 21.2R3-S7; From 21.4 · fixed in 21.4R3-S5; From 22.1 · fixed in 22.1R3-S4; From 22.2 · fixed in 22.2R3-S3; From 22.3 · fixed in 22.3R3-S1; From 22.4 · fixed in 22.4R3