CVE-2023-22401

Summary

An Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in the Advanced Forwarding Toolkit Manager daemon (aftmand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On the PTX10008 and PTX10016 platforms running Junos OS or Junos OS Evolved, when a specific SNMP MIB is queried this will cause a PFE crash and the FPC will go offline and not automatically recover. A system restart is required to get the affected FPC in an operational state again. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 22.1 version 22.1R2 and later versions; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.3-EVO version 21.3R3-EVO and later versions; 21.4-EVO version 21.4R1-S2-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO; 22.1-EVO version 22.1R2-EVO and later versions prior to 22.1R3-EVO; 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R1-S1-EVO, 22.2R2-EVO.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.1R2 < 22.1*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.2 < 22.2R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.3R3-EVO < 21.3-EVO*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.4R1-S2-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO < 21.4-EVO*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved22.1R2-EVO < 22.1-EVO*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved22.2-EVO < 22.2R1-S1-EVO, 22.2R2-EVOaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-129: CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
  • Denial of Service (DoS)

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue. To reduce the risk of exploitation use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the device only from trusted, administrative networks or hosts.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References