Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2023-36833

A Use After Free vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, and PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202 allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). The process 'aftman-bt' will crash after multiple flaps on a multicast-only fast reroute (MoFRR) enabled interface. This will cause the respective FPC to stop forwarding traffic and it needs to be rebooted to restore the service. An indication that the system experienced this issue is the following log message:   <date> <hostname> evo-aftmand-bt[<pid>]: [Error] jexpr_fdb: sanity check failed, ... , app_name L3 Mcast Routes This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202: 21.2 version 21.2R1-EVO and later versions; 21.3 version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3-EVO; 22.1 version 22.1R1-EVO and later versions; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S2-EVO; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO; 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2-EVO, 22.4R2-EVO.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it requires adjacent network access 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 5 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

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.

Published

2023-07-14T17:15:09.133

Last Modified

2024-11-21T08:10:42.170

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-416
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 Yes
Hardware juniper ptx10001-36mr - No
Hardware juniper ptx10004 - No
Hardware juniper ptx10008 - No
Hardware juniper ptx10016 - No
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For juniper's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.