CVE-2021-31368

Junos OS: EX2300 Series, EX3400 Series, and ACX710 might become unresponsive if the out-of-band management port receives a flood of traffic

Description

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks JUNOS OS allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to cause 100% CPU load and the device to become unresponsive by sending a flood of traffic to the out-of-band management ethernet port. Continued receipted of a flood will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Once the flood subsides the system will recover by itself. An indication that the system is affected by this issue would be that kernel and netisr process are shown to be using a lot of CPU cycles like in the following example output: user@host> show system processes extensive ... PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 16 root -72 - 0K 304K WAIT 1 839:40 88.96% intr{swi1: netisr 0} 0 root 97 - 0K 160K RUN 1 732:43 87.99% kernel{bcm560xgmac0 que} This issue affects Juniper Networks JUNOS OS on EX2300 Series, EX3400 Series, and ACX710: All versions prior to 18.1R3-S13; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S8; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R3-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2.

Remediation

Solution:

  • The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 18.1R3-S13, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R3-S5, 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R3-S3, 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3, 20.2R3, 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3, 20.4R2, 21.1R1, and all subsequent releases.

Workaround:

  • There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Vendor Advisory juniper.net
Affected: Juniper Networks Junos OS
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11230 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-31368?
CVE-2021-31368 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-31368?
To fix CVE-2021-31368: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 18.1R3-S13, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R3-S5, 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R3-S3, 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3, 20.2R3, 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3, 20.4R2, 21.1R1, and all subsequent releases.
Is CVE-2021-31368 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-31368 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-31368?
CVE-2021-31368 affects Juniper Networks Junos OS.
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