Medium severity · published Apr 17, 2023
CVE-2023-28980
A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to…
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (>1M routes).
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
* 20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;
* 20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;
* 20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4
* 21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3;
* 21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
* 21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3;
* 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3;
* 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
* 20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;
* 21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO;
* 21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
* 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO;
* 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
20.2; 20.3; 20.3; 20.3; 20.4; 20.4; +21 more · source: NVD
JO
Junos OS Evolved · Juniper
20.4; 20.4; 20.4; 20.4; 20.4; 21.2; +20 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28980
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28980
Vendor Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70606
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