CVE-2021-0284

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" This issue is only triggered by traffic destined to the device. Transit traffic will not trigger this issue. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S19; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S10; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S7; 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 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-S2, 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS12.3 < 12.3R12-S19affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1 < 15.1R7-S10affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS17.3 < 17.3R3-S12affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.4 < 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.1 < 19.1R3-S7affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.2 < 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.3 < 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.4 < 19.4R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.1 < 20.1R3-S1affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.2 < 20.2R3-S2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.3 < 20.3R3-S1affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.4 < 20.4R2-S2, 20.4R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.1 < 21.1R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.2 < 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-120: CWE-120 Buffer Overflow

Workarounds

There are no available workarounds for this issue.

To reduce the risk of exploitation of this issue, use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the device to only trusted administrative networks, hosts and users.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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