CVE detail

CVE-2020-1657 — CVE-2020-1657

Published 2020-10-16 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
7.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0129
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
67.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

On SRX Series devices, a vulnerability in the key-management-daemon (kmd) daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to spoof packets targeted to IPSec peers before a security association (SA) is established thereby causing a failure to set up the IPSec channel. Sustained receipt of these spoofed packets can cause a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects IPv4 and IPv6 implementations. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series: 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D90; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D190; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S9, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S9; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S6, 18.4R2-S3, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 12.3X48-D90, 15.1X49-D190, 17.4R2-S9, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S9, 18.2R3, 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S6, 18.4R2-S3, 18.4R3, 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2, 19.2R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=12.3X48<12.3X48-D9012.3X48-D90advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=15.1X49<15.1X49-D19015.1X49-D190advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.4<17.4R2-S9, 17.4R317.4R2-S9, 17.4R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.1<18.1R3-S918.1R3-S9advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.2<18.2R318.2R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.3<18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R318.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.4<18.4R1-S6, 18.4R2-S3, 18.4R318.4R1-S6, 18.4R2-S3, 18.4R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.1<19.1R1-S4, 19.1R219.1R1-S4, 19.1R2advisory ↗

References

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