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CVE-2021-0238

When a MX Series is configured as a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) based on Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), executin

When a MX Series is configured as a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) based on Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), executing certain CLI command may cause the system to run out of disk space, excessive disk usage may cause other complications. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the available disk space: user@device> show system storage Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/gpt/junos 19G 18G 147M 99% /.mount <<<<< running out of space tmpfs 21G 16K 21G 0% /.mount/tmp tmpfs 5.3G 1.7M 5.3G 0% /.mount/mfs This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: 17.3R1 and later versions prior to 17.4R3-S5, 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S13, 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7.

18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4.

18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S7.

19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S4.

19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2.

19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2.

19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2.

20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3.

20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3.

20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2.

20.4 versions prior to 20.4R1-S1, 20.4R2.

This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 17.3R1.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00045
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5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · sirt@juniper.net
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Apr 2021 · 08:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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