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An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Oct 13, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending two or more genuine packets in the same VxLAN topology to possibly cause a DMA memory leak to occur under various specific operational conditions. The scenario described here is the worst-case scenario. There are other scenarios that require operator action to occur.

An indicator of compromise may be seen when multiple devices indicate that FPC0 has gone missing when issuing a show chassis fpc command for about 10 to 20 minutes, and a number of interfaces have also gone missing.

Use the following command to determine if FPC0 has gone missing from the device.

show chassis fpc detail
This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series:

  • 18.4 version 18.4R2 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
  • 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
  • 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
  • 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
  • 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
  • 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
  • 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
  • 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 13, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 13, 2023
Last updated Apr 11, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.044%
(11th percentile)

CVE ID

CVE-2023-44183

GHSA ID

GHSA-x9hv-97wr-x4j8

Source code

No known source code

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