CVE-2023-44192

HIGH

Juniper Junos OS QFX5000 Series DoS via DHCP Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause memory leak, leading to Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos OS QFX5000 Series platforms, when pseudo-VTEP (Virtual Tunnel End Point) is configured under EVPN-VXLAN scenario, and specific DHCP packets are transmitted, DMA memory leak is observed. Continuous receipt of these specific DHCP packets will cause memory leak to reach 99% and then cause the protocols to stop working and traffic is impacted, leading to Denial of Service (DoS) condition. A manual reboot of the system recovers from the memory leak. To confirm the memory leak, monitor for "sheaf:possible leak" and "vtep not found" messages in the logs. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS QFX5000 Series: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S2; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S2, 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA73156

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 34.5%
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-401 CWE-20
Status published
Products (5)
juniper/junos 20.4 (12 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.1 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.2 (12 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.3 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.4 (4 CPE variants)
Published Oct 13, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026