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Junos OS: EX4300 Series: High CPU load due to receipt of specific IPv4 packets

Published Oct 16, 2020

Description

On Juniper Networks EX4300 Series, receipt of a stream of specific IPv4 packets can cause Routing Engine (RE) high CPU load, which could lead to network protocol operation issue and traffic interruption. This specific packets can originate only from within the broadcast domain where the device is connected. This issue occurs when the packets enter to the IRB interface. Only IPv4 packets can trigger this issue. IPv6 packets cannot trigger this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX4300 series: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S9; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S10; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S4; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S1; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2-S1, 19.2R3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2.

Affected products

Remediation

Vendor solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 17.3R3-S9, 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2, 18.1R3-S10, 18.2R3-S4, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S1, 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2-S1, 19.2R3, 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3, 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2, 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2, 20.2R1 and all subsequent releases.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner juniper
Published Oct 16, 2020
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Nov 4, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner juniper
Published Oct 16, 2020
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2020-12532