CVE-2021-0257

Description

On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series platforms with Trio-based MPCs (Modular Port Concentrators) where Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interfaces are configured and mapped to a VPLS instance or a Bridge-Domain, certain Layer 2 network events at Customer Edge (CE) devices may cause memory leaks in the MPC of Provider Edge (PE) devices which can cause an out of memory condition and MPC restart. When this issue occurs, there will be temporary traffic interruption until the MPC is restored. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the status of memory usage level of the MPC: user@device> show system resource-monitor fpc FPC Resource Usage Summary Free Heap Mem Watermark : 20 % Free NH Mem Watermark : 20 % Free Filter Mem Watermark : 20 % * - Watermark reached Slot # % Heap Free RTT Average RTT 1 87 PFE # % ENCAP mem Free % NH mem Free % FW mem Free 0 NA 88 99 1 NA 89 99 When the issue is occurring, the value of % NH mem Free will go down until the MPC restarts. This issue affects MX Series and EX9200 Series with Trio-based PFEs (Packet Forwarding Engines), including MX-MPC1-3D, MX-MPC1E-3D, MX-MPC2-3D, MX-MPC2E-3D, MPC-3D-16XGE, and CHAS-MXxx Series MPCs. No other products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series, EX9200 Series: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S10; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S6; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1,, 20.3R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S2; 18.1; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S4; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S1; 19.1; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.081

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 17.3R3-S10NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 17.4R3-S3NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 18.2R3-S7NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 18.3R3-S4NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 18.4R3-S6NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 19.2R3-S2NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities are fixed in junos 19.3R3-S1NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-0257,CVE-2021-0269 are fixed in junos 19.4R2-S2NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-0257 are fixed in junos 20.2R1-S3NCM
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-0255,CVE-2021-0256,CVE-2021-0257 are fixed in junos 20.3R1-S1NCM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability (CVE-2021-0257)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1
PATCH-1704488Security Update for junos 9.2r1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234