CVE-2022-22194

Junos OS Evolved: PTX series: An attacker sending a crafted GRE packet will cause the PFE to restart

Published Apr 14, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packetIO daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10003, PTX10004, and PTX10008 allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt of these crafted packets will cause a sustained Denial of Service condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved all versions prior to 20.4R2-S3-EVO on PTX10003, PTX10004, and PTX10008. This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions 21.1R1-EVO and above; Juniper Networks Junos OS.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 20.4R2-S3-EVO, 20.4R3-EVO.


Vendor Workaround

One characteristic of this vulnerability is that an FPC restart will only be triggered by a crafted GRE packet which has its' TTL set to 0 or 1 so as a workaround a filter can be implemented that drops such packets: set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 1 from protocol gre set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 1 from ttl 0 set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 1 then count gre-ttl-0 set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 1 then discard set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 2 from protocol gre set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 2 from ttl 1 set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 2 then count gre-ttl-1 set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term 2 then discard set firewall family inet filter GREfilter term default then accept An equivalent filter for family inet6 is required if IPv6 is configured on at least one interface.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-27341 An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packetIO daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10003, PTX10004, and PTX10008 allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt of these crafted packets will cause a sustained Denial of Service condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved all versions prior to 20.4R2-S3-EVO on PTX10003, PTX10004, and PTX10008. This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions 21.1R1-EVO and above; Juniper Networks Junos OS.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 4:20 AM
Reserved
Dec 21, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 14, 2022, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:27 AM