CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-28976
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-04-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754
Description
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If specific traffic is received on MX Series and its rate exceeds the respective DDoS protection limit the ingress PFE will crash and restart. Continued receipt of this traffic will create a sustained DoS condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: All versions prior to 19.1R3-S10; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S7; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S8; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S11; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.
Affected configurations
• juniper junos (< 19.1)
• juniper junos 19.1
• juniper junos 19.2
• juniper junos 19.3
• juniper junos 19.4
• juniper junos 20.2
• juniper junos 20.4
• juniper junos 21.1
• juniper junos 21.2
• juniper junos 21.3
• juniper junos 21.4
• juniper junos 22.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness
References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70601 Vendor Advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70601 Vendor Advisory