CVE detail

CVE-2021-0215 — CVE-2021-0215

Published 2021-01-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0079
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
53.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos EX series, QFX Series, MX Series and SRX branch series devices, a memory leak occurs every time the 802.1X authenticator port interface flaps which can lead to other processes, such as the pfex process, responsible for packet forwarding, to crash and restart. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the status of memory consumption: user@device> show task memory detail Please refer to https://kb.juniper.net/KB31522 for details. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D54; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D240 ; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D593; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S8; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3-S4; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2; 18.1 ve

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 14.1X53-D54, 15.1X49-D240, 15.1X53-D593, 16.1R7-S8, 17.2R3-S4, 17.3R3-S8, 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2, 18.1R3-S10, 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2, 18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2, 19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3, 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2, 19.3R2-S3, 19.3R3, 19.4R1-S2, 19.4R2, 20.1R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=14.1X53<14.1X53-D5414.1X53-D54advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=15.1X49<15.1X49-D24015.1X49-D240advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=15.1X53<15.1X53-D59315.1X53-D593advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=16.1<16.1R7-S816.1R7-S8advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.2<17.2R3-S417.2R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.3<17.3R3-S817.3R3-S8advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.4<17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S217.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.1<18.1R3-S1018.1R3-S10advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.2<18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S318.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.3<18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S218.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.4<18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S218.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.1<19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R319.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.2<19.2R1-S5, 19.2R219.2R1-S5, 19.2R2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.3<19.3R2-S3, 19.3R319.3R2-S3, 19.3R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.4<19.4R1-S2, 19.4R219.4R1-S2, 19.4R2advisory ↗

References

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