CVE-2021-0297

Summary

A vulnerability in the processing of TCP MD5 authentication in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a BGP or LDP session configured with MD5 authentication to succeed, even if the peer does not have TCP MD5 authentication enabled. This could lead to untrusted or unauthorized sessions being established, resulting in an impact on confidentiality or stability of the network. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.3R2-S1-EVO; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO. Juniper Networks Junos OS is not affected by this issue.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolvedunspecified < 20.3R2-S1-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved20.4 < 20.4R2-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.1 < 21.1R2-EVOaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-755: CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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