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CVE-2023-36842

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CVE-2023-36842

Published: Jan 12, 2024

Modified: Jun 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Juniper DHCP Daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause the jdhcpd to consume all the CPU cycles resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). On Junos OS devices with forward-snooped-client configured, if an attacker sends a specific DHCP packet to a non-configured interface, this will cause an infinite loop. The DHCP process will have to be restarted to recover the service. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R2.

VendorProductVersions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

affected
0 - < 20.4R3-S9
affected
21.2 - < 21.2R3-S7
affected
21.3 - < 21.3R3-S5
affected
21.4 - < 21.4R3-S5
affected
22.1 - < 22.1R3-S4

+4 more versions

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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