CVE-2021-0297

MEDIUM

Juniper Junos OS Evolved - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

A vulnerability in the processing of TCP MD5 authentication in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a BGP or LDP session configured with MD5 authentication to succeed, even if the peer does not have TCP MD5 authentication enabled. This could lead to untrusted or unauthorized sessions being established, resulting in an impact on confidentiality or stability of the network. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.3R2-S1-EVO; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO. Juniper Networks Junos OS is not affected by this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 40.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status published

Affected Products (5)

juniper/junos_os_evolved
juniper/junos_os_evolved
juniper/junos_os_evolved
juniper/junos_os_evolved
juniper/junos_os_evolved

Timeline

Published Oct 19, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026