CVE-2022-22170
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CVE-2022-22170 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated networked attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending specific packets over VXLAN which cause heap memory to leak and on exhaustion the PFE to reset. The heap memory utilization can be monitored with the command: user@host> show chassis fpc This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2. EPSS estimates a 0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated networked attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending specific packets over VXLAN which cause heap memory to leak and on exhaustion the PFE to reset. The heap memory utilization can be monitored with the command: user@host> show chassis fpc This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S6, 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2. This issue does not affect versions of Junos OS prior to 19.4R1.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper | Junos | 19.4 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.1 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.2 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.3 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 20.4 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 21.1 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 21.2 | R1 |
| Juniper | Junos | 21.3 | R1 |
References
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11277Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11277Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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