Medium severity · published Jul 14, 2023
CVE-2023-36840
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally-based, low-privileged attacker to cause a…
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally-based, low-privileged attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, when a specific L2VPN command is run, RPD will crash and restart. Continued execution of this specific command will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
All versions prior to 19.3R3-S10;
20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S4;
20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;
20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S6;
20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;
21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S2;
21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3;
22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;
22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2;
22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2;
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7-EVO;
21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S3-EVO;
21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5-EVO;
21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4-EVO;
21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-EVO;
22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-EVO;
22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-EVO;
22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-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 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
before 19.3; 19.3; 19.3; 19.3; 19.3; 19.3; +34 more · source: NVD
JO
Junos OS Evolved · Juniper
before 20.4; 20.4; 20.4; 20.4; 20.4; 20.4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36840
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36840
Mitigation
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA71647
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