CVE-2023-1697CWE-230

Junos OS: QFX10000 Series, PTX1000 Series: The dcpfe process will crash when a malformed ethernet frame is received

Medium · published April 17, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An Improper Handling of Missing Values vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a dcpfe process core and thereby a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt of these specific frames will cause a sustained Denial of Service condition. This issue occurs when a specific malformed ethernet frame is received. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX10000 Series, PTX1000 Series Series: All versions prior to 19.4R3-S10; 20.1 version 20.1R1 and later versions; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S6; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S6; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S1; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S1, 22.1R3; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R1-S2, 22.2R2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00319 · 23.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-230 · Improper Handling of Missing Values
Published
2023-04-17T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 APR 00:00Z
    Junos OS: QFX10000 Series, PTX1000 Series: The dcpfe process will crash when a malformed ethernet frame is received
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