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Junos OS: QFX5000 Series and MX Series: An l2alm crash leading to an FPC crash can be observed in VxLAN scenario

Published Jul 20, 2022

Description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On QFX5K Series and MX Series, when the PFE receives a specific VxLAN packet the Layer 2 Address Learning Manager (L2ALM) process will crash leading to an FPC reboot. Continued receipt of this specific packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, MX Series: 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-S1. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS: All versions prior to 20.3R1; 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions.

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Vendor solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 20.3R3-S3, 20.4R3-S2, 21.2R2-S1, and all subsequent releases.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner juniper
Published Jul 20, 2022
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Dec 21, 2021
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner juniper
Published Jul 20, 2022
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2022-27357