Description
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
If an MX Series device receives PTP packets on an MPC3E that doesn't support PTP this causes a memory leak which will result in unpredictable behavior and ultimately in an MPC crash and restart.
To monitor for this issue, please use the following FPC vty level commands:
show heap shows an increase in "LAN buffer" utilization and
show clksync ptp nbr-upd-info shows non-zero "Pending PFEs" counter.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC3E:
* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S3; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R2-S1, 21.3R3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R2; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R2.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | < 20.4R3-S3; >= 21.1, < 21.1R3-S4; >= 21.2, < 21.2R3; >= 21.3, < 21.3R2-S1, 21.3R3; >= 21.4, < 21.4R2; >= 22.1, < 22.1R2 |
References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75740Vendor Advisory
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:LThird Party Advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75740Vendor Advisory
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:LThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 12, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified