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CVE-2020-1678

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms with EVPN configured, receipt of specific BGP packets causes

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms with EVPN configured, receipt of specific BGP packets causes a slow memory leak. If the memory is exhausted the rpd process might crash. If the issue occurs, the memory leak could be seen by executing the "show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn" command multiple times to check if memory (Alloc Blocks value) is increasing. root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 3330678 79936272 3330678 79936272 root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 36620255 878886120 36620255 878886120 This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2.

20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 19.4 versions.

20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4-EVO, 20.1R2-EVO.

20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-EVO.

This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 19.4R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved releases prior to 19.4R1-EVO.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00081
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MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · sirt@juniper.net
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Network Adjacent Local Physical
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Low High
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None Low High
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None Required
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Unchanged Changed
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None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Oct 2020 · 09:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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