CVE-2020-1682

MEDIUM

Juniper Junos OS - Denial of Service via Maintenance Commands

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An input validation vulnerability exists in Juniper Networks Junos OS, allowing an attacker to crash the srxpfe process, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) through the use of specific maintenance commands. The srxpfe process restarts automatically, but continuous execution of the commands could lead to an extended Denial of Service condition. This issue only affects the SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, NFX150, NFX250, and vSRX-based platforms. No other products or platforms are affected by this vulnerability. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D220 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S3 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX, NFX150; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S5 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX, NFX150, NFX250; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX, NFX150, NFX250; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX, NFX150, NFX250; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX, NFX150, NFX250; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, vSRX, NFX150, NFX250. This issue does not affect Junos OS 19.3 or any subsequent version.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11079

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
juniper/junos 15.1x49 (29 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 17.4 (21 CPE variants)
Published Oct 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026