CVE-2023-36835

Summary

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX10000 Series allows a network based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

If a specific valid IP packet is received and that packet needs to be routed over a VXLAN tunnel, this will result in a PFE wedge condition due to which traffic gets impacted. As this is not a crash and restart scenario, this condition will persist until the system is rebooted to recover.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX10000: 20.3 version 20.3R1 and later versions; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S1; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.3 < 20.3*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.4 < 20.4R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.1 < 21.1R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.2 < 21.2R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.3 < 21.3R3-S4affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.4 < 21.4R3-S1affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.1 < 22.1R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.2 < 22.2R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.3 < 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-754: CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
  • 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: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References