CVE detail

CVE-2023-36842 — CVE-2023-36842

Published 2024-01-12 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0029
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
22.0%
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 DHCP Daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause the jdhcpd to consume all the CPU cycles resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). On Junos OS devices with forward-snooped-client configured, if an attacker sends a specific DHCP packet to a non-configured interface, this will cause an infinite loop. The DHCP process will have to be restarted to recover the service. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions earlier than

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 20.4R3-S9, 21.2R3-S7, 21.3R3-S5, 21.4R3-S5, 22.1R3-S4, 22.2R3-S3, 22.3R3-S2, 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3, 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2, 23.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS<20.4R3-S920.4R3-S9advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.2<21.2R3-S721.2R3-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.3<21.3R3-S521.3R3-S5advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.4<21.4R3-S521.4R3-S5advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.1<22.1R3-S422.1R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.2<22.2R3-S322.2R3-S3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.3<22.3R3-S222.3R3-S2advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.4<22.4R2-S2, 22.4R322.4R2-S2, 22.4R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=23.2<23.2R223.2R2advisory ↗

References

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