Juniper Junos OS prior 21.4R2 on SRX PFE buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Juniper Junos OS on SRX. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PFE. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-22206. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Juniper Junos OS on SRX (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component PFE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the PFE of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX series allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). The PFE will crash when specific traffic is scanned by Enhanced Web Filtering safe-search feature of UTM (Unified Threat management). Continued receipt of this specific traffic will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S4 on SRX Series; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3 on SRX Series; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S3 on SRX Series; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S1 on SRX Series; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-S2, 21.2R3 on SRX Series; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2 on SRX Series; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2 on SRX Series. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 20.2R1.

The weakness was disclosed 07/21/2022 as JSA69710. The advisory is available at kb.juniper.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-22206 since 12/21/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/21/2022).

Upgrading to version 20.2R1, 20.2R3-S4, 20.3R3-S3, 20.4R3-S3, 21.1R3-S1, 21.2R2-S2, 21.2R3, 21.3R2 or 21.4R2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Router Operating System

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• Juniper

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• Junos OS

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.juniper.net/

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