CVE-2023-36833

Junos OS Evolved: PTX10001-36MR, and PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202: The aftman-bt process will crash in a MoFRR scenario after multiple link flaps

Published Jul 14, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A Use After Free vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, and PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202 allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

The process 'aftman-bt' will crash after multiple flaps on a multicast-only fast reroute (MoFRR) enabled interface. This will cause the respective FPC to stop forwarding traffic and it needs to be rebooted to restore the service.

An indication that the system experienced this issue is the following log message:

  <date> <hostname> evo-aftmand-bt[<pid>]: [Error] jexpr_fdb: sanity check failed, ... , app_name L3 Mcast Routes




This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202:
21.2 version 21.2R1-EVO and later versions;
21.3 version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions;
21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3-EVO;
22.1 version 22.1R1-EVO and later versions;
22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S2-EVO;
22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO;
22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2-EVO, 22.4R2-EVO.



Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved 21.4R3-S3-EVO, 22.2R3-S2-EVO*, 22.3R3-EVO, 22.4R1-S2-EVO, 22.4R2-EVO, 23.1R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-40753 A Use After Free vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, and PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202 allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). The process 'aftman-bt' will crash after multiple flaps on a multicast-only fast reroute (MoFRR) enabled interface. This will cause the respective FPC to stop forwarding traffic and it needs to be rebooted to restore the service. An indication that the system experienced this issue is the following log message:   <date> <hostname> evo-aftmand-bt[<pid>]: [Error] jexpr_fdb: sanity check failed, ... , app_name L3 Mcast Routes This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX10001-36MR, PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX10016 with LC1201/1202: 21.2 version 21.2R1-EVO and later versions; 21.3 version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3-EVO; 22.1 version 22.1R1-EVO and later versions; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S2-EVO; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO; 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2-EVO, 22.4R2-EVO.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Oct 22, 2024, 2:31 PM
Reserved
Jun 27, 2023, 4:17 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 14, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:07 AM