A Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
If DNS Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) detection or tunnel detection, and DNS-filtering traceoptions are configured, and specific valid transit DNS traffic is received this causes a PFE crash and restart, leading to a Denial of Service.
This issue affects Junos OS:
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junos | Juniper | * | 21.4 (excluding) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4 (including) | 21.4 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r1 (including) | 21.4-r1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r1-s1 (including) | 21.4-r1-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r1-s2 (including) | 21.4-r1-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r2 (including) | 21.4-r2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r2-s1 (including) | 21.4-r2-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r2-s2 (including) | 21.4-r2-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r3 (including) | 21.4-r3 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r3-s1 (including) | 21.4-r3-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r3-s2 (including) | 21.4-r3-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r3-s3 (including) | 21.4-r3-s3 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r3-s4 (including) | 21.4-r3-s4 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 21.4-r3-s5 (including) | 21.4-r3-s5 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2 (including) | 22.2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r1 (including) | 22.2-r1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r1-s1 (including) | 22.2-r1-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r1-s2 (including) | 22.2-r1-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r2 (including) | 22.2-r2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r2-s1 (including) | 22.2-r2-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r2-s2 (including) | 22.2-r2-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r3 (including) | 22.2-r3 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r3-s1 (including) | 22.2-r3-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.2-r3-s2 (including) | 22.2-r3-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3 (including) | 22.3 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r1 (including) | 22.3-r1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r1-s1 (including) | 22.3-r1-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r1-s2 (including) | 22.3-r1-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r2 (including) | 22.3-r2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r2-s1 (including) | 22.3-r2-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r2-s2 (including) | 22.3-r2-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r3 (including) | 22.3-r3 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r3-s1 (including) | 22.3-r3-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.3-r3-s2 (including) | 22.3-r3-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4 (including) | 22.4 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4-r1 (including) | 22.4-r1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4-r1-s1 (including) | 22.4-r1-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4-r1-s2 (including) | 22.4-r1-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4-r2 (including) | 22.4-r2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4-r2-s1 (including) | 22.4-r2-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 22.4-r2-s2 (including) | 22.4-r2-s2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 23.2 (including) | 23.2 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 23.2-r1 (including) | 23.2-r1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 23.2-r1-s1 (including) | 23.2-r1-s1 (including) |
| Junos | Juniper | 23.2-r1-s2 (including) | 23.2-r1-s2 (including) |
When an attacker can modify an externally-controlled format string, this can lead to buffer overflows, denial of service, or data representation problems. It should be noted that in some circumstances, such as internationalization, the set of format strings is externally controlled by design. If the source of these format strings is trusted (e.g. only contained in library files that are only modifiable by the system administrator), then the external control might not itself pose a vulnerability.