What is CVE-2023-36842?

CVE-2023-36842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under CWE-703. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-36842?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2023-36842

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Juniper DHCP Daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause the jdhcpd to consume all the CPU cycles resulting in…

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 20.4, 21.2, 21.3
Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions 0, 21.2, 21.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

sirt@juniper.net (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (technical-description, Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-36842?: CVE-2023-36842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under CWE-703. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-36842?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.