CVE-2021-0270CWE-362CWE-416

Junos OS: PTX Series, QFX10K Series: A PTX/QFX FPC may restart unexpectedly with the "inline-Jflow" feature enabled on a large-scale deployment

High · published April 22, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

On PTX Series and QFX10k Series devices with the "inline-jflow" feature enabled, a use after free weakness in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) microkernel architecture of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition whereby one or more Flexible PIC Concentrators (FPCs) may restart. As this is a race condition situation this issue become more likely to be hit when network instability occurs, such as but not limited to BGP/IGP reconvergences, and/or further likely to occur when more active "traffic flows" are occurring through the device. When this issue occurs, it will cause one or more FPCs to restart unexpectedly. During FPC restarts core files will be generated. While the core file is generated traffic will be disrupted. Sustained receipt of large traffic flows and reconvergence-like situations may sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) situation. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 18.1 version 18.1R2 and later versions prior to 18.1R3-S10 on PTX Series, QFX10K Series.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00722 · 53.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'); CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2021-04-22T19:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 APR 19:37Z
    Junos OS: PTX Series, QFX10K Series: A PTX/QFX FPC may restart unexpectedly with the "inline-Jflow" feature enabled on a large-scale deployment
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