CVE-2023-44175

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specific genuine PIM packet causes RPD crash

Published Oct 12, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description

A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows to send specific genuine PIM packets to the device resulting in rpd to crash causing a Denial of Service (DoS).

Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Note: This issue is not noticed when all the devices in the network are Juniper devices.

This issue affects Juniper Networks:

Junos OS:



* All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7;
* 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5;
* 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4;
* 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
* 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4;
* 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;
* 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3;
* 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3.




Junos OS Evolved:



* All versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO;
* 22.4-EVO versions prior to 22.4R3-EVO;
* 23.2-EVO versions prior to 23.2R1-EVO.






Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 20.4R3-S7, 21.2R3-S5, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S4, 22.1R3-S4, 22.2R3, 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3, 22.4R2, 22.4R3, 23.2R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 22.3R3-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, 23.2R1-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-2023-48534 A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows to send specific genuine PIM packets to the device resulting in rpd to crash causing a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Note: This issue is not noticed when all the devices in the network are Juniper devices. This issue affects Juniper Networks: Junos OS: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3. Junos OS Evolved: * All versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO; * 22.4-EVO versions prior to 22.4R3-EVO; * 23.2-EVO versions prior to 23.2R1-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
Sep 19, 2024, 1:10 PM
Reserved
Sep 26, 2023, 7:30 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 12, 2023, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:27 AM