CVE-2021-31383

HIGH

Juniper Junos OS 19.2-20.3 & Evolved 20.1-20.3 - DoS via Malicious P2MP RPD Packets

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Point to MultiPoint (P2MP) scenarios within established sessions between network or adjacent neighbors the improper use of a source to destination copy write operation combined with a Stack-based Buffer Overflow on certain specific packets processed by the routing protocol daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved sent by a remote unauthenticated network attacker causes the RPD to crash causing a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of these packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 19.2R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-EVO; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-EVO; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2-EVO.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11251

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 64.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-787
Status published
Products (6)
juniper/junos 19.2 (12 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 19.3 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 19.4 r1 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 20.1 r1 (7 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 20.2 r1 (7 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 20.3 r1 (2 CPE variants)
Published Oct 19, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026