Juniper Junos NDP Proxy NDPv6 Packet input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Juniper Junos and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component NDP Proxy. The manipulation as part of NDPv6 Packet leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-1633. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Juniper Junos (Router Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component NDP Proxy. The manipulation as part of a NDPv6 Packet leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Due to a new NDP proxy feature for EVPN leaf nodes introduced in Junos OS 17.4, crafted NDPv6 packets could transit a Junos device configured as a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) and reach the EVPN leaf node, causing a stale MAC address entry. This could cause legitimate traffic to be discarded, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects Junos OS 17.4 and later releases. Prior releases do not support this feature and are unaffected by this vulnerability. This issue only affects IPv6. IPv4 ARP proxy is unaffected by this vulnerability. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S9, 17.4R3 on MX Series; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S9 on MX Series; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3 on MX Series; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D411, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60 on MX Series; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3 on MX Series; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2-S2, 18.4R3 on MX Series; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2 on MX Series; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S3, 19.2R2 on MX Series.

The weakness was presented 04/09/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.juniper.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1633 since 11/04/2019. The attack needs to be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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• Router Operating System

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• Juniper

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• Junos

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.juniper.net/

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