CVE-2023-22398

Summary

An Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When an MPLS ping is performed on BGP LSPs, the RPD might crash. Repeated execution of this operation will lead to a sustained DoS. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S12; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S9; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S9, 19.2R3-S5; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S6; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S4; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS15.1 < 15.1R7-S12affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.1 < 19.1R3-S9affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.2 < 19.2R1-S9, 19.2R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.3 < 19.3R3-S6affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.4 < 19.4R2-S7, 19.4R3-S8affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.1 < 20.1R3-S4affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.2 < 20.2R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.3 < 20.3R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.4 < 20.4R3-S4affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.1 < 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolvedunspecified < 20.4R3-S4-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.1 < 21.1R2-EVOaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-824: CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer
  • Denial of Service (DoS)

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References