CVE-2021-0294

Junos OS: QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series: Enhanced storm control might not work leading to partial Denial of Service

Published Jul 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS, which only affects the release 18.4R2-S5, where a function is inconsistently implemented on Juniper Networks Junos QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series, and if "storm-control enhanced" is configured, can lead to the enhanced storm control filter group not be installed. It will cause storm control not to work hence allowing an attacker to cause high CPU usage or packet loss issues by sending a large amount of broadcast or unknown unicast packets arriving the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks QFX5100, QFX5110, QFX5120, QFX5200, QFX5210, EX4600, and EX4650, and QFX5100 with QFX 5e Series image installed. QFX5130 and QFX5220 are not affected from this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.4R2-S5 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series. No other product or platform is affected by this vulnerability.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases has been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 18.4R2-S6.


Vendor Workaround

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2913 A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS, which only affects the release 18.4R2-S5, where a function is inconsistently implemented on Juniper Networks Junos QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series, and if "storm-control enhanced" is configured, can lead to the enhanced storm control filter group not be installed. It will cause storm control not to work hence allowing an attacker to cause high CPU usage or packet loss issues by sending a large amount of broadcast or unknown unicast packets arriving the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks QFX5100, QFX5110, QFX5120, QFX5200, QFX5210, EX4600, and EX4650, and QFX5100 with QFX 5e Series image installed. QFX5130 and QFX5220 are not affected from this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.4R2-S5 on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series. No other product or platform is affected by this vulnerability.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 3:03 AM
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 15, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:29 AM