CVE detail

CVE-2021-0257 — CVE-2021-0257

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

On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series platforms with Trio-based MPCs (Modular Port Concentrators) where Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interfaces are configured and mapped to a VPLS instance or a Bridge-Domain, certain Layer 2 network events at Customer Edge (CE) devices may cause memory leaks in the MPC of Provider Edge (PE) devices which can cause an out of memory condition and MPC restart. When this issue occurs, there will be temporary traffic interruption until the MPC is restored. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the status of memory usage level of the MPC: user@device> show system resource-monitor fpc FPC Resource Usage Summary Free Heap Mem Watermark : 20 % Free NH Mem Watermark : 20 % Free Filter Mem Watermark : 20 % * - Watermark reac

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 17.3R3-S10, 17.4R3-S3, 18.2R3-S7, 18.3R3-S4, 18.4R3-S6, 19.2R3-S2, 19.3R3-S1, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3, 20.1R2, 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2, 20.2R3, 20.3R1-S1, 20.3R2, 20.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.3<17.3R3-S1017.3R3-S10advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.4<17.4R3-S317.4R3-S3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.2<18.2R3-S718.2R3-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.3<18.3R3-S418.3R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.4<18.4R3-S618.4R3-S6advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.2<19.2R3-S219.2R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.3<19.3R3-S119.3R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.4<19.4R2-S2, 19.4R319.4R2-S2, 19.4R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.2<20.2R1-S3, 20.2R220.2R1-S3, 20.2R2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.3<20.3R1-S1,, 20.3R220.3R1-S1,, 20.3R2advisory ↗

References

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