What is CVE-2023-22397?

CVE-2023-22397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos_os_evolved, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-22397?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Juniper Junos_os_evolved

CVE-2023-22397

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness in the memory management of the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) on Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved PTX10003 Series devices allows an adjacently located attacker who has esta…

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.002 (8.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos_os_evolved — versions 20.4, 21.3, 21.4
Juniper Ptx10003
Juniper Networks Junos Os Evolved — versions unspecified, 21.3, 21.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

sirt@juniper.net (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22397?: CVE-2023-22397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos_os_evolved, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-22397?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.