CVE detail

CVE-2020-1685 — CVE-2020-1685

Published 2020-10-16 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
5.8
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0076
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
52.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

When configuring stateless firewall filters in Juniper Networks EX4600 and QFX 5000 Series devices using Virtual Extensible LAN protocol (VXLAN), the discard action will fail to discard traffic under certain conditions. Given a firewall filter configuration similar to: family ethernet-switching { filter L2-VLAN { term ALLOW { from { user-vlan-id 100; } then { accept; } } term NON-MATCH { then { discard; } } when there is only one term containing a 'user-vlan-id' match condition, and no other terms in the firewall filter except discard, the discard action for non-matching traffic will only discard traffic with the same VLAN ID specified under 'user-vlan-id'. Other traffic (e.g. VLAN ID 200) will not be discarded. This unexpected behavior can lead to unintended traffic passing through the in

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 18.1R3-S7, 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S1, 18.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3, 19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2, 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2, 19.3R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

Avoid using the user-vlan-id match criteria.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.1<18.1R3-S718.1R3-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.2<18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S118.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.3<18.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R318.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.4<18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R318.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.1<19.1R1-S5, 19.1R219.1R1-S5, 19.1R2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.2<19.2R1-S5, 19.2R219.2R1-S5, 19.2R2advisory ↗

References

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