Vulnerability in Juniper Junos
CVE-2020-1645
When DNS filtering is enabled on Juniper Networks Junos MX Series with one of the following cards MS-PIC, MS-MIC or MS-MPC, an incoming stream of packets processed by the Multiservices PIC Management Daemon (mspmand) process, responsible for managing "URL Filtering service", may crash, causing the Services PIC to restart. While the Services PIC is restarting, all PIC services including DNS filtering service (DNS sink holing) will be bypassed until the Services PIC completes its boot process. If the issue occurs, system core-dumps output will show a crash of mspmand process: root@device> show system core-dumps -rw-rw---- 1 nobody wheel 575685123 <Date> /var/tmp/pics/mspmand.core.<*>.gz This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S1; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S3, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 17.3R2.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.006 (46.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Juniper Junos — versions 17.3, 18.3, 18.4
- Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions unspecified, 17.4, 18.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-1645?
- CVE-2020-1645 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2020-07-17.
- How severe is CVE-2020-1645?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.