CVE-2023-36849

published 2023-07-14

CVE-2023-36849: An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Layer-2 control protocols daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS…

Priority P4 29 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1

AV A AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Layer-2 control protocols daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

When a malformed LLDP packet is received, l2cpd will crash and restart. The impact of the l2cpd crash is reinitialization of STP protocols (RSTP, MSTP or VSTP), and MVRP and ERP. Also, if any services depend on LLDP state (like PoE or VoIP device recognition), then these will also be affected. Continued receipt of such packets will lead to a sustained Denial of Service.

This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3;
22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3;
22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-S2-EVO;
22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R3-S3-EVO;
22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO;
22.3-EVO versions prior to 22.3R2-EVO.

Affected

17 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos_os	—	—
juniper	junos_os_evolved	—	—
juniper	junos_os_evolved	—	—
juniper	junos_os_evolved	—	—
juniper	junos_os_evolved	—	—
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 21.4 < 21.4R3-S3	21.4R3-S3
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.1 < 22.1R3-S3	22.1R3-S3
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.2 < 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3	22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.3 < 22.3R2	22.3R2
juniper_networks	junos_os_evolved	>= 21.4 < 21.4R3-S2-EVO	21.4R3-S2-EVO
juniper_networks	junos_os_evolved	>= 22.1 < 22.1R3-S3-EVO	22.1R3-S3-EVO
juniper_networks	junos_os_evolved	>= 22.2 < 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO	22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO
juniper_networks	junos_os_evolved	>= 22.3 < 22.3R2-EVO	22.3R2-EVO

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