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CVE-2023-28981

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CVE-2023-28981

Published: Apr 17, 2023

Modified: Feb 5, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If the receipt of router advertisements is enabled on an interface and a specifically malformed RA packet is received, memory corruption will happen which leads to an rpd crash. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.3-EVO version 20.3R1-EVO and later versions; 20.4-EVO versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R3-EVO; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-EVO; 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.

VendorProductVersions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

affected
20.3 - < 20.3R3-S5
affected
20.4 - < 20.4R3-S3, 20.4R3-S6
affected
21.1 - < 21.1R3-S4
affected
21.2 - < 21.2R3
affected
21.3 - < 21.3R3

+2 more versions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS Evolved

affected
20.3R1-EVO - < 20.3-EVO*
affected
20.4-EVO - < 20.4R3-S6-EVO
affected
21.3-EVO - < 21.3R3-EVO
affected
21.4-EVO - < 21.4R2-EVO
affected
22.1-EVO - < 22.1R2-EVO

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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