CVE-2023-36836

Summary

A Use of an Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, in a Multicast only Fast Reroute (MoFRR) scenario, the rpd process can crash when a a specific low privileged CLI command is executed. The rpd crash will impact all routing protocols until the process has automatically been restarted. As the operational state which makes this issue exploitable is outside the attackers control, this issue is considered difficult to exploit. Continued execution of this command will lead to a sustained DoS.

This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 version 19.4R3-S5 and later versions prior to 19.4R3-S9; 20.1 version 20.1R2 and later versions; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S7; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R1-S2, 22.1R2; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-EVO and later versions; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-EVO; 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R1-S2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO; 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R2-EVO.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS19.4R3-S4 < 19.4*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.1R2 < 20.1*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.2 < 20.2R3-S7affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.3 < 20.3R3-S5affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS20.4 < 20.4R3-S6affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.1 < 21.1R3-S4affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.2 < 21.2R3-S2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.3 < 21.3R3-S1affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.4 < 21.4R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.1 < 22.1R1-S2, 22.1R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS22.2 < 22.2R2affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolvedunspecified < 20.4R3-S6-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.1 < 21.1*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.2 < 21.2*affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.3 < 21.3R3-S1-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved21.4 < 21.4R3-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved22.1 < 22.1R1-S2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVOaffected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved22.2 < 22.2R2-EVOaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-908: CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
  • 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