CVE detail

CVE-2020-1646 — CVE-2020-1646

Published 2020-07-17 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
7.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0101
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
60.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved devices, processing a specific UPDATE for an EBGP peer can lead to a routing process daemon (RPD) crash and restart. This issue occurs only when the device is receiving and processing the BGP UPDATE for an EBGP peer. This issue does not occur when the device is receiving and processing the BGP UPDATE for an IBGP peer. However, the offending BGP UPDATE can originally come from an EBGP peer, propagates through the network via IBGP peers without causing crash, then it causes RPD crash when it is processed for a BGP UPDATE towards an EBGP peer. Repeated receipt and processing of the same specific BGP UPDATE can result in an extended Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3R3-S6, 17.4R2-S7, and 18.1R

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 17.3R3-S7, 17.4R2-S8, 18.1R3-S8, and all subsequent releases. This fix has been proactively committed to other Junos OS releases that are not vulnerable to this issue. Junos OS Evolved: 19.3R1-EVO and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no available workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved>=19.2R2-EVO<19.2-EVO*19.2-EVO*advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved>=unspecified<19.3R1-EVO19.3R1-EVOadvisory ↗

References

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