CVE detail

CVE-2021-0290 — CVE-2021-0290

Published 2021-07-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0038
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
31.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Ethernet interface frame processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to send specially crafted frames over the local Ethernet segment, causing the interface to go into a down state, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The interface does not recover on its own and the FPC must be reset manually. Continued receipt and processing of these frames will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue is platform-specific and affects the following platforms and line cards: * MPC7E/8E/9E and MPC10E on MX240, MX480, MX960, MX2008, MX2010, and MX2020 * MX204, MX10003, MX10008, MX10016 * EX9200, EX9251 * SRX4600 No other products or platforms are affected by this vulnerability. An indication of this issue occ

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 16.1R7-S7, 17.2R3-S3, 17.3R3-S8, 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S1, 17.4R3-S5, 18.1R3-S10, 18.2R3-S3, 18.2R3-S8, 18.3R3-S1, 18.4R2-S3, 18.4R3, 19.1R2-S1, 19.1R3, 19.2R1-S3, 19.2R2, 19.3R2, 19.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=16.1<16.1R7-S716.1R7-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.1R1<17.1*17.1*advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.2<17.2R3-S317.2R3-S3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.3<17.3R3-S817.3R3-S8advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=17.4<17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S117.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.1<18.1R3-S1018.1R3-S10advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.2<18.2R3-S318.2R3-S3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.3<18.3R3-S118.3R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=18.4<18.4R2-S3, 18.4R318.4R2-S3, 18.4R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.1<19.1R2-S1, 19.1R319.1R2-S1, 19.1R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.2<19.2R1-S3, 19.2R219.2R1-S3, 19.2R2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=19.3<19.3R219.3R2advisory ↗

References

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