A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series platforms with MPC10/MPC11 line cards, allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). Devices are only vulnerable when the Suspicious Control Flow Detection (scfd) feature is enabled. Upon enabling this specific feature, an attacker sending specific traffic is causing memory to be allocated dynamically and it is not freed. Memory is not freed even after deactivating this feature. Sustained processing of such traffic will eventually lead to an out of memory condition that prevents all services from continuing to function, and requires a manual restart to recover. The FPC memory usage can be monitored using the CLI command "show chassis fpc". On running the above command, the memory of AftDdosScfdFlow can be observed to detect the memory leak. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: All versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 version 20.3R1 and later versions.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 18 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper and 15 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2023, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2023-01-13T00:15:11.303
2024-11-21T07:44:45.760
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | juniper | junos | < 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 20.3 | Yes |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10000 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10003 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10008 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10016 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx104 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx150 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx2008 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx2010 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx2020 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx204 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx240 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx40 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx480 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx5 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx80 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx960 | - | No |
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