A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Network Services Daemon (NSD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows authenticated, low privileged, local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On an SRX 5000 Series device, when executing a specific command repeatedly, memory is corrupted, which leads to a Flow Processing Daemon (flowd) crash. The NSD process has to be restarted to restore services. If this issue occurs, it can be checked with the following command: user@host> request security policies check The following log message can also be observed: Error: policies are out of sync for PFE node<number>.fpc<number>.pic<number>. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX 5000 Series * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 20.4R3-S6, 21.1R3-S5, 21.2R3-S4, 21.3R3-S3, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S3, 22.1R3-S1, 22.2R3, 22.3R2, 22.4R1, 22.4R2, 23.1R1, and all subsequent releases.
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
| Product | Vulnerable range | Fixed version | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | <20.4R3-S6 | 20.4R3-S6 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=21.1<21.1R3-S5 | 21.1R3-S5 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=21.2<21.2R3-S4 | 21.2R3-S4 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=21.3<21.3R3-S3 | 21.3R3-S3 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=21.4<21.4R3-S3 | 21.4R3-S3 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=22.1<22.1R3-S1 | 22.1R3-S1 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=22.2<22.2R3 | 22.2R3 | advisory ↗ |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | >=22.3<22.3R2 | 22.3R2 | advisory ↗ |