An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).When processing a high rate of specific GRE traffic destined to the device, the respective PFE will hang causing traffic forwarding to stop.
When this issue occurs the following logs can be observed:
<fpc #> MQSS(0): LI-3: Received a parcel with more than 512B accompanying data
CHASSISD_FPC_ASIC_ERROR: ASIC Error detected <...>
This issue affects Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S2,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2.
CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2025-04-09
An Improper Handling of Additional Special Element vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MS-MPC, MS-MIC and SPC3, and SRX Series, allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
If the SIP ALG processes specifically formatted SIP invites, a memory corruption will occur which will lead to a crash of the FPC processing these packets. Although the system will automatically recover with the restart of the FPC, subsequent SIP invites will cause the crash again and lead to a sustained DoS.
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.
CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2025-04-09
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
In a subscriber management scenario, login/logout activity triggers a memory leak, and the leaked memory gradually increments and eventually results in a crash.
user@host> show chassis fpc
Temp CPU Utilization (%) CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%)
Slot State (C) Total Interrupt 1min 5min 15min DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer
2 Online 36 10 0 9 8 9 32768 26 0
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S9
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S10
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S6
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3
* from 24.2 before 24.2R2.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-04-09
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the pfe (packet forwarding engine) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series causes a port within a pool to be blocked leading to Denial of Service (DoS).
In a DS-Lite (Dual-Stack Lite) and NAT (Network Address Translation) scenario, when crafted IPv6 traffic is received and prefix-length is set to 56, the ports assigned to the user will not be freed. Eventually, users cannot establish new connections. Affected FPC/PIC need to be manually restarted to recover.
Following is the command to identify the issue:
user@host> show services nat source port-block
Host_IP External_IP Port_Block Ports_Used/ Block_State/
Range Ports_Total Left_Time(s)
2001:: x.x.x.x 58880-59391 256/256*1 Active/- >>>>>>>>port still usedThis issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
* from 21.2 before 21.2R3-S8,
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7,
* from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2.
This issue does not affect versions before 20.2R1.
CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2025-04-09
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the http daemon (httpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, QFX Series, MX Series and EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial-of-Service (DoS).
An attacker can send specific HTTPS connection requests to the device, triggering the creation of processes that are not properly terminated. Over time, this leads to resource exhaustion, ultimately causing the device to crash and restart.
The following command can be used to monitor the resource usage:
user@host> show system processes extensive | match mgd | count
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series:
All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1,
from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2.
CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2024-10-11
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of the Juniper Networks Junos OS on the MX Series platforms with Trio-based FPCs allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
In case of channelized Modular Interface Cards (MICs), every physical interface flap operation will leak heap memory. Over a period of time, continuous physical interface flap operations causes local FPC to eventually run out of memory and crash.
Below CLI command can be used to check the memory usage over a period of time:
user@host> show chassis fpc
Temp CPU Utilization (%) CPU Utilization (%) Memory
Utilization (%)
Slot State (C) Total Interrupt 1min 5min
15min DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer
0
Online 43 41
2 2048 49 14
1
Online 43 41
2
2048 49 14
2
Online 43 41
2
2048 49 14
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S7,
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S6,
* from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2024-10-11
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in packet processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC10/MPC11/LC9600 line cards, EX9200 with EX9200-15C lines cards, MX304 devices, and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series, allows an attacker sending malformed DHCP packets to cause ingress packet processing to stop, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of these packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue only occurs if DHCP snooping is enabled. See configuration below.
This issue can be detected using following commands. Their output will display the interface status going down:
user@device>show interfaces <if--x/x/x>
user@device>show log messages | match <if--x/x/x>
user@device>show log messages ==> will display the "[Error] Wedge-Detect : Host Loopback Wedge Detected: PFE: no," logs.
This issue affects:
Junos OS on
MX Series
with MPC10/MPC11/LC9600 line cards, EX9200 with EX9200-15C line cards, and MX304:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S7,
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S6,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
* all versions of 22.3,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series:
* from 19.3R1-EVO before 21.2R3-S8-EVO,
* from 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
* from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
* from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,
* from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
* from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S1-EVO,
* from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO,
* from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-EVO.
Junos OS Evolved releases prior to 19.3R1-EVO are unaffected by this vulnerability
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2024-10-11
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the H.323 ALG (Application Layer Gateway) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC, allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specific packets causing traffic loss leading to Denial of Service (DoS).
Continued receipt and processing of these specific packets will sustain the Denial of Service condition.
The memory usage can be monitored using the below command.
user@host> show usp memory segment sha data objcache jsf
This issue affects SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC:
* 20.4 before 20.4R3-S10,
* 21.2 before 21.2R3-S6,
* 21.3 before 21.3R3-S5,
* 21.4 before 21.4R3-S6,
* 22.1 before 22.1R3-S4,
* 22.2 before 22.2R3-S2,
* 22.3 before 22.3R3-S1,
* 22.4 before 22.4R3,
* 23.2 before 23.2R2.
CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2024-07-11
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, MX Series with SPC3 and NFX350 allows allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker sending specific mismatching parameters as part of the IPsec negotiation to trigger an iked crash leading to Denial of Service (DoS).
This issue is applicable to all platforms that run iked. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series, MX Series with SPC3 and NFX350:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S8,
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7,
* from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S2,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S1,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2, 22.4R3.
CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2024-07-11
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
In a subscriber management scenario continuous subscriber logins will trigger a memory leak and eventually lead to an FPC crash and restart.
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
* All version before 21.2R3-S6,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S6,
* 22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S5,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S3,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S2,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2.
CVSS Score
6.0
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2024-07-11