CVE-2023-22417CWE-401

Junos OS: SRX Series: A memory leak might be observed in IPsec VPN scenario leading to an FPC crash

High · published January 12, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Flow Processing Daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In an IPsec VPN environment, a memory leak will be seen if a DH or ECDH group is configured. Eventually the flowd process will crash and restart. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series: All versions prior to 19.3R3-S7; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S8, 19.4R3-S10; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S6; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2.

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
0.00644 · 50.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2023-01-12T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JAN 00:00Z
    Junos OS: SRX Series: A memory leak might be observed in IPsec VPN scenario leading to an FPC crash
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