CVE detail

CVE-2021-0263 — CVE-2021-0263

Published 2021-04-22 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
5.9
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0092
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
57.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A Data Processing vulnerability in the Multi-Service process (multi-svcs) on the FPC of Juniper Networks Junos OS on the PTX Series routers may lead to the process becoming unresponsive, ultimately affecting traffic forwarding, allowing an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition . The Multi-Service Process running on the FPC is responsible for handling sampling-related operations when a J-Flow configuration is activated. This can occur during periods of heavy route churn, causing the Multi-Service Process to stop processing updates, without consuming any further updates from kernel. This back pressure towards the kernel affects further dynamic updates from other processes in the system, including RPD, causing a KRT-STUCK condition and traffic forwarding issues. An administrat

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 18.2R3-S7, 18.3R3-S4, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S7, 19.1R3-S4, 19.2R3-S1, 19.3R3-S1, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S1, 20.1R2, 20.2R2, 20.3R1-S2, 20.3R2, 20.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

Deactivation of the sampling configuration under the chassis hierarchy will mitigate this issue: deactivate chassis fpc <x> sampling-instance <x>

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
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<18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S718.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.1<19.1R3-S419.1R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.2<19.2R3-S119.2R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.3<19.3R3-S119.3R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.4<19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S119.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.1<20.1R220.1R2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.2<20.2R220.2R2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=20.3<20.3R1-S2, 20.3R220.3R1-S2, 20.3R2advisory ↗

References

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