CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-36842

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Published: Jan 12, 2024 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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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 a Denial of Service (DoS).

On Junos OS devices with forward-snooped-client configured, if an attacker sends a specific DHCP packet to a non-configured interface, this will cause an infinite loop. The DHCP process will have to be restarted to recover the service.

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS

  • All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9;
  • 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7;
  • 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;
  • 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;
  • 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4;
  • 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;
  • 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2;
  • 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3;
  • 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R2.

Weakness

The product does not properly anticipate or handle exceptional conditions that rarely occur during normal operation of the product.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
JunosJuniper*20.4 (excluding)
JunosJuniper20.4 (including)20.4 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r1 (including)20.4-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r1-s1 (including)20.4-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r2 (including)20.4-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r2-s1 (including)20.4-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r2-s2 (including)20.4-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3 (including)20.4-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s1 (including)20.4-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s2 (including)20.4-r3-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s3 (including)20.4-r3-s3 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s4 (including)20.4-r3-s4 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s5 (including)20.4-r3-s5 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s6 (including)20.4-r3-s6 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s7 (including)20.4-r3-s7 (including)
JunosJuniper20.4-r3-s8 (including)20.4-r3-s8 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2 (including)21.2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r1 (including)21.2-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r1-s1 (including)21.2-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r1-s2 (including)21.2-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r2 (including)21.2-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r2-s1 (including)21.2-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r2-s2 (including)21.2-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3 (including)21.2-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3-s1 (including)21.2-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3-s2 (including)21.2-r3-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3-s3 (including)21.2-r3-s3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3-s4 (including)21.2-r3-s4 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3-s5 (including)21.2-r3-s5 (including)
JunosJuniper21.2-r3-s6 (including)21.2-r3-s6 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3 (including)21.3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r1 (including)21.3-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r1-s1 (including)21.3-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r1-s2 (including)21.3-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r2 (including)21.3-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r2-s1 (including)21.3-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r2-s2 (including)21.3-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r3 (including)21.3-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r3-s1 (including)21.3-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r3-s2 (including)21.3-r3-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r3-s3 (including)21.3-r3-s3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.3-r3-s4 (including)21.3-r3-s4 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4 (including)21.4 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r1 (including)21.4-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r1-s1 (including)21.4-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r1-s2 (including)21.4-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r2 (including)21.4-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r2-s1 (including)21.4-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r2-s2 (including)21.4-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r3 (including)21.4-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r3-s1 (including)21.4-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r3-s2 (including)21.4-r3-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r3-s3 (including)21.4-r3-s3 (including)
JunosJuniper21.4-r3-s4 (including)21.4-r3-s4 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1 (including)22.1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r1 (including)22.1-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r1-s1 (including)22.1-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r1-s2 (including)22.1-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r2 (including)22.1-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r2-s1 (including)22.1-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r2-s2 (including)22.1-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r3 (including)22.1-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r3-s1 (including)22.1-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r3-s2 (including)22.1-r3-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.1-r3-s3 (including)22.1-r3-s3 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2 (including)22.2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r1 (including)22.2-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r1-s1 (including)22.2-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r1-s2 (including)22.2-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r2 (including)22.2-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r2-s1 (including)22.2-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r2-s2 (including)22.2-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r3 (including)22.2-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r3-s1 (including)22.2-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.2-r3-s2 (including)22.2-r3-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3 (including)22.3 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r1 (including)22.3-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r1-s1 (including)22.3-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r1-s2 (including)22.3-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r2 (including)22.3-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r2-s1 (including)22.3-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r2-s2 (including)22.3-r2-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r3 (including)22.3-r3 (including)
JunosJuniper22.3-r3-s1 (including)22.3-r3-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.4 (including)22.4 (including)
JunosJuniper22.4-r1 (including)22.4-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.4-r1-s1 (including)22.4-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper22.4-r1-s2 (including)22.4-r1-s2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.4-r2 (including)22.4-r2 (including)
JunosJuniper22.4-r2-s1 (including)22.4-r2-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper23.2-r1 (including)23.2-r1 (including)
JunosJuniper23.2-r1-s1 (including)23.2-r1-s1 (including)
JunosJuniper23.2-r1-s2 (including)23.2-r1-s2 (including)

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