CVE-2020-1641

Summary

A Race Condition vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS LLDP implementation allows an attacker to cause LLDP to crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue occurs when crafted LLDP packets are received by the device from an adjacent device. Multiple LACP flaps will occur after LLDP crashes. An indicator of compromise is to evaluate log file details for lldp with RLIMIT. Intervention should occur before 85% threshold of used KB versus maximum available KB memory is reached. show log messages | match RLIMIT | match lldp | last 20 Matching statement is " /kernel: %KERNEL-[number]: Process ([pid #],lldpd) has exceeded 85% of RLIMIT_DATA: " with [] as variable data to evaluate for. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S15; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D95; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S6; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D200; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D593; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S7; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S2; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S5, 17.3R3-S6; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S4, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S5; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D50, 18.2X75-D420; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS12.3 < 12.3R12-S15affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS12.3X48 < 12.3X48-D95affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1 < 15.1R7-S6affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1X49 < 15.1X49-D200affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1X53 < 15.1X53-D593affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS16.1 < 16.1R7-S7affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS17.1 < 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS17.2 < 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS17.3 < 17.3R2-S5, 17.3R3-S6affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS17.4 < 17.4R2-S4, 17.4R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.1 < 18.1R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.2 < 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.2X75 < 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D50, 18.2X75-D420affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.3 < 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.4 < 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.1 < 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362: CWE-362 Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
  • Denial of Service (DoS)

Workarounds

Customers may disable LLDP "protocol lldp" or apply firewall filters to block LLDP traffic on ingress interfaces.

There are no other known workarounds.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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