CVE-2023-22414

Summary

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker from the same shared physical or logical network, to cause a heap memory leak and leading to FPC crash. On all Junos PTX Series and QFX10000 Series, when specific EVPN VXLAN Multicast packets are processed, an FPC heap memory leak is observed. The FPC memory usage can be monitored using the CLI command "show heap extensive". Following is an example output. ID Base Total(b) Free(b) Used(b) % Name Peak used % – ——– ——— ——— ——— — ———– ———– 0 37dcf000 3221225472 1694526368 1526699104 47 Kernel 47 1 17dcf000 1048576 1048576 0 0 TOE DMA 0 2 17ecf000 1048576 1048576 0 0 DMA 0 3 17fcf000 534773760 280968336 253805424 47 Packet DMA 47 This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS PTX Series and QFX10000 Series 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S6; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S6; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S1; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 20.1R1 on PTX Series and QFX10000 Series.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OSunspecified < 20.1R1unaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.2 < 20.2R3-S6affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.3 < 20.3R3-S6affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.4 < 20.4R3-S4affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.2 < 21.2R3-S1affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.3 < 21.3R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.4 < 21.4R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.1 < 22.1R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.2 < 22.2R2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-401: CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
  • Denial of Service (DoS)

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References