CVE detail

CVE-2021-0228 — CVE-2021-0228

Published 2021-04-22 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0040
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
33.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

An improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions vulnerability in Juniper Networks MX Series platforms with Trio-based MPC (Modular Port Concentrator) deployed in (Ethernet VPN) EVPN-(Virtual Extensible LAN) VXLAN configuration, may allow an attacker sending specific Layer 2 traffic to cause Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection to trigger unexpectedly, resulting in traffic impact. Continued receipt and processing of this specific Layer 2 frames will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition. An indication of compromise is to check DDOS LACP violations: user@device> show ddos-protection protocols statistics brief | match lacp This issue only affects the MX Series platforms with Trio-based MPC. No other products or platforms are affected. This issue affects: Juniper Net

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 15.1R7-S9, 17.3R3-S11, 17.4R3-S4, 18.1R3-S12, 18.2R2-S8, 18.2R3-S8, 18.3R3-S4, 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S7, 19.1R3-S4, 19.2R1-S6, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2, 20.1R2, 20.1R3, 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3, 20.3R1-S1, 20.3R2, 20.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

DDoS for LACP can be disabled: set system ddos-protection protocols lacp aggregate disable-routing-engine set system ddos-protection protocols lacp aggregate disable-fpc

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=15.1<15.1R7-S915.1R7-S9advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.3<17.3R3-S1117.3R3-S11advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.4<17.4R3-S417.4R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.1<18.1R3-S1218.1R3-S12advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.2<18.2R2-S8, 18.2R3-S818.2R2-S8, 18.2R3-S8advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.3<18.3R3-S418.3R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.4<18.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S718.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.1<19.1R3-S419.1R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.2<19.2R1-S619.2R1-S6advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.3<19.3R3-S219.3R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.4<19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S219.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.1<20.1R2, 20.1R320.1R2, 20.1R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.2<20.2R2-S1, 20.2R320.2R2-S1, 20.2R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.3<20.3R1-S1, 20.3R220.3R1-S1, 20.3R2advisory ↗

References

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