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Junos OS: Receipt of malformed DHCPv6 packets causes jdhcpd to crash.

Published Oct 16, 2020

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS platforms configured as DHCPv6 local server or DHCPv6 Relay Agent, Juniper Networks Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Daemon (JDHCPD) process might crash with a core dump if a malformed DHCPv6 packet is received, resulting with the restart of the daemon. This issue only affects DHCPv6, it does not affect DHCPv4. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D65; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3; 19.2 version 19.2R2 and later versions; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2; This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS prior to 17.4R1.

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Vendor solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3, 18.1R3-S11, 18.2R3-S6, 18.2X75-D65, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3, 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4, 19.1R3-S2, 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3, 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3, 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3, 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