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CVE-2021-0257

On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series platforms with Trio-based MPCs (Modular Port Concentrators) where Integr

On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series platforms with Trio-based MPCs (Modular Port Concentrators) where Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interfaces are configured and mapped to a VPLS instance or a Bridge-Domain, certain Layer 2 network events at Customer Edge (CE) devices may cause memory leaks in the MPC of Provider Edge (PE) devices which can cause an out of memory condition and MPC restart. When this issue occurs, there will be temporary traffic interruption until the MPC is restored. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the status of memory usage level of the MPC: user@device> show system resource-monitor fpc Resource Usage Summary Free Heap Mem Watermark : 20 % Free NH Mem Watermark : 20 % Free Filter Mem Watermark : 20 % * - Watermark reached Slot # % Heap Free RTT Average RTT 1 87 PFE # % ENCAP mem Free % NH mem Free % FW mem Free 0 NA 88 99 1 NA 89 99 When the issue is occurring, the value of “% NH mem Free” will go down until the MPC restarts. This issue affects MX Series and EX9200 Series with Trio-based PFEs (Packet Forwarding Engines), including MX-MPC1-3D, MX-MPC1E-3D, MX-MPC2-3D, MX-MPC2E-3D, MPC-3D-16XGE, and CHAS-MXxx Series MPCs. No other products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series, EX9200 Series: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S10.

17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S3.

18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7.

18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4.

18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S6.

19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2.

19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1.

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

20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2.

20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1,, 20.3R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8.

17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S2.

18.1.

18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S4.

18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S2.

18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S1.

19.1.

19.2 versions prior to 19.2R2.

19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3.

19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00081
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6.5
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:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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