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CVE-2023-28980

MEDIUM
Published 2023-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.149
Higher than 14.9% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (>1M routes).

This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS

* 20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;
* 20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;
* 20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4
* 21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3;
* 21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
* 21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3;
* 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3;
* 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

* 20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;
* 21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO;
* 21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
* 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO;
* 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

Affected Versions:

20.2R3-S5 20.3R3-S2 20.4R3-S1 21.1R3 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 21.3R2 21.4R1 22.1R1
Juniper Networks

Junos OS Evolved

Affected Versions:

20.4R3-S1-EVO 21.2R1-S2-EVO 21.3R2-EVO 21.4R1-EVO 22.1R1-EVO

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-xc2g-3f28-fmc4

Advisory Details

A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (>1M routes). This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6; 20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4 21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3; 21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2; 21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO; 21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO; 21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO; 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28980
WEB https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70606

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 18, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70606
Published: 2023-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-05T21:41:05.635Z
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