CVE-2021-0291
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CVE-2021-0291 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An Exposure of System Data vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, where a sensitive system-level resource is not being sufficiently protected, allows a network-based unauthenticated attacker to send specific traffic which partially reaches this resource. A high rate of specific traffic may lead to a partial Denial of Service (DoS) as the CPU utilization of the RE is significantly increased. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An Exposure of System Data vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, where a sensitive system-level resource is not being sufficiently protected, allows a network-based unauthenticated attacker to send specific traffic which partially reaches this resource. A high rate of specific traffic may lead to a partial Denial of Service (DoS) as the CPU utilization of the RE is significantly increased. The SNMP Agent Extensibility (agentx) process should only be listening to TCP port 705 on the internal routing instance. External connections destined to port 705 should not be allowed. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S13, 17.4R3-S5; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S8; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 20.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 13.2R1.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper | Junos | 15.1 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 17.3 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 17.4 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 18.3 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 18.4 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 19.1 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 19.2 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 19.3 | — |
| Juniper | Junos | 19.4 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.1 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.2 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.3 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos Os Evolved | 19.2 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos Os Evolved | 19.3 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos Os Evolved | 19.4 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos Os Evolved | 20.1 | — |
| Juniper | Junos Os Evolved | 20.2 | — |
| Juniper | Junos Os Evolved | 20.3 | — |
References
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11193Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11193Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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