CVE-2020-1641

Junos OS: A race condition on receipt of crafted LLDP packets leads to a memory leak and an LLDP crash.

Published Jul 17, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A Race Condition vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS LLDP implementation allows an attacker to cause LLDP to crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue occurs when crafted LLDP packets are received by the device from an adjacent device. Multiple LACP flaps will occur after LLDP crashes. An indicator of compromise is to evaluate log file details for lldp with RLIMIT. Intervention should occur before 85% threshold of used KB versus maximum available KB memory is reached. show log messages | match RLIMIT | match lldp | last 20 Matching statement is " /kernel: %KERNEL-[number]: Process ([pid #],lldpd) has exceeded 85% of RLIMIT_DATA: " with [] as variable data to evaluate for. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S15; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D95; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S6; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D200; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D593; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S7; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S2; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S5, 17.3R3-S6; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S4, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S5; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D50, 18.2X75-D420; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 12.3R12-S15, 12.3X48-D95, 15.1R7-S6, 15.1X49-D200, 15.1X53-D593, 16.1R7-S7, 16.1R7-S7, 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S2, 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3, 17.3R2-S5, 17.3R3-S6, 17.4R2-S4, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S5, 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D50, 18.2X75-D420, 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2, 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2, 19.2R1, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

Customers may disable LLDP "protocol lldp" or apply firewall filters to block LLDP traffic on ingress interfaces. There are no other known workarounds.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12507 A Race Condition vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS LLDP implementation allows an attacker to cause LLDP to crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue occurs when crafted LLDP packets are received by the device from an adjacent device. Multiple LACP flaps will occur after LLDP crashes. An indicator of compromise is to evaluate log file details for lldp with RLIMIT. Intervention should occur before 85% threshold of used KB versus maximum available KB memory is reached. show log messages | match RLIMIT | match lldp | last 20 Matching statement is " /kernel: %KERNEL-[number]: Process ([pid #],lldpd) has exceeded 85% of RLIMIT_DATA: " with [] as variable data to evaluate for. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S15; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D95; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S6; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D200; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D593; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S7; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S2; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S5, 17.3R3-S6; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S4, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S5; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D50, 18.2X75-D420; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2.
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History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 7:25 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 17, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM