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CVE-2023-44181

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10EPSS 0.53%

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CVE-2023-44181 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard vulnerability in storm control of Juniper Networks Junos OS QFX5k devices allows packets to be punted to ARP queue causing a l2 loop resulting in a DDOS violations and DDOS syslog. This issue is triggered when Storm control is enabled and ICMPv6 packets are present on device. This issue affects Juniper Networks: Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.2R3-S6 on QFX5k; * 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5 on QFX5k; * 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5 on QFX5k; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4 on QFX5k; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3 on QFX5k; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S2 on QFX5k; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3 on QFX5k; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3 on QFX5k; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2 on QFX5k. . EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

An Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard vulnerability in storm control of Juniper Networks Junos OS QFX5k devices allows packets to be punted to ARP queue causing a l2 loop resulting in a DDOS violations and DDOS syslog. This issue is triggered when Storm control is enabled and ICMPv6 packets are present on device. This issue affects Juniper Networks: Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.2R3-S6 on QFX5k; * 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5 on QFX5k; * 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5 on QFX5k; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4 on QFX5k; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3 on QFX5k; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S2 on QFX5k; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3 on QFX5k; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3 on QFX5k; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2 on QFX5k.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.53%

40.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersionsUpdate
JuniperJunos< 20.2—
JuniperJunos20.2—
JuniperJunos20.3—
JuniperJunos20.4—
JuniperJunos21.1—
JuniperJunos21.2—
JuniperJunos21.3—
JuniperJunos21.4—
JuniperJunos22.1R1
JuniperJunos22.2—

References

Timeline

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Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-44181?
An Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard vulnerability in storm control of Juniper Networks Junos OS QFX5k devices allows packets to be punted to ARP queue causing a l2 loop resulting in a DDOS violations and DDOS syslog. This issue is triggered when Storm control is enabled and ICMPv6 packets are present on device. This issue affects Juniper Networks: Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.2R3-S6 on QFX5k; * 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5 on QFX5k; * 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5 on QFX5k; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4 on QFX5k; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3 on QFX5k; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S2 on QFX5k; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3 on QFX5k; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3 on QFX5k; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2 on QFX5k.
How severe is CVE-2023-44181?
CVE-2023-44181 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.53% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44181?
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Source: NVD / NIST