CVE detail

CVE-2023-44193 — CVE-2023-44193

Published 2023-10-13 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
5.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0016
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
6.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

An Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference vulnerability in Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local, low privileged attacker to cause an FPC crash, leading to Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos MX Series with MPC1 - MPC9, LC480, LC2101, MX10003, and MX80, when Connectivity-Fault-Management (CFM) is enabled in a VPLS scenario, and a specific LDP related command is run, an FPC will crash and reboot. Continued execution of this specific LDP command can lead to sustained Denial of Service condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions pr

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 20.4R3-S7, 21.1R3-S5, 21.2R3-S4, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S3, 22.1R3-S1, 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3, 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2, 22.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

This issue can be avoided by disabling CFM MIP functionality. [ protocols oam ethernet connectivity-fault-management maintenance-domain mip-half-function none ]

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS<20.4R3-S720.4R3-S7advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.1<21.1R3-S521.1R3-S5advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.2<21.2R3-S421.2R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.3<21.3R3-S421.3R3-S4advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=21.4<21.4R3-S321.4R3-S3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.1<22.1R3-S122.1R3-S1advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.2<22.2R2-S1, 22.2R322.2R2-S1, 22.2R3advisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS>=22.3<22.3R1-S2, 22.3R222.3R1-S2, 22.3R2advisory ↗

References

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