CVE-2023-44191

published 2023-10-13

CVE-2023-44191: An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause…

high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

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

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).

On all Junos OS QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series platforms, when a high number of VLANs are configured, a specific DHCP packet will cause PFE hogging which will lead to dropping of socket connections.

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series

* 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5;
* 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5;
* 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
* 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
* 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
* 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
* 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
* 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.

This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 21.1R1

Affected

18 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos	—	—
juniper	junos_os	—	—
juniper	qfx_series	—	—
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 21.1 < 21.1R3-S5	21.1R3-S5
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 21.2 < 21.2R3-S5	21.2R3-S5
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 21.3 < 21.3R3-S5	21.3R3-S5
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 21.4 < 21.4R3-S4	21.4R3-S4
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.1 < 22.1R3-S3	22.1R3-S3
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.2 < 22.2R3-S1	22.2R3-S1
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.3 < 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3	22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3
juniper_networks	junos_os	>= 22.4 < 22.4R2	22.4R2

CWE-770