CVE-2023-36841

HIGH

Juniper Networks Junos OS MX Series - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 a unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). An attacker who sends malformed TCP traffic via an interface configured with PPPoE, causes an infinite loop on the respective PFE. This results in consuming all resources and a manual restart is needed to recover. This issue affects interfaces with PPPoE configured and tcp-mss enabled. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S6; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2;

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA73172

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (5)
juniper/junos 20.4 (13 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.1 r1 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.2 (13 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.3 (12 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.4
Published Oct 12, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026