What is CVE-2023-28984?

CVE-2023-28984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-28984?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Use After Free in Juniper Junos

CVE-2023-28984

A Use After Free vulnerability in the Layer 2 Address Learning Manager (l2alm) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX Series allows an adjacent attacker to cause the Packet Forwarding Engine to crash and restart, leading to a Denial of Servic…

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.002 (11.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 20.2, 20.3, 20.4
Juniper Qfx10000
Juniper Qfx10002
Juniper Qfx10002-32q
Juniper Qfx10002-60c
Juniper Qfx10002-72q
Juniper Qfx10008
Juniper Qfx10016
Juniper Qfx10k
Juniper Qfx3000-g

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

sirt@juniper.net (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28984?: CVE-2023-28984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-28984?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.