CVE-2023-44186
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V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in AS PATH processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker to send a BGP update message with an AS PATH containing a large number of 4-byte ASes, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of these BGP updates will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue is hit when the router has Non-Stop Routing (NSR) enabled, has a non-4-byte-AS capable BGP neighbor, receives a BGP update message with a prefix that includes a long AS PATH containing large number of 4-byte ASes, and has to advertise the prefix towards the non-4-byte-AS capable BGP neighbor.
Note: NSR is not supported on the SRX Series and is therefore not affected by this vulnerability.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS:
* All versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
* 21.1 versions 21.1R1 and later;
* 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
* 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
* 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S5;
* 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4;
* 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S2;
* 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3-S1;
* 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2-S1, 22.4R3.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
* All versions prior to 20.4R3-S8-EVO;
* 21.1 versions 21.1R1-EVO and later;
* 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S6-EVO;
* 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5-EVO;
* 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S5-EVO;
* 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4-EVO;
* 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S2-EVO;
* 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2-EVO, 22.3R3-S1-EVO;
* 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2-S1-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO.
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 11, 2023, Modified: March 6, 2024