Description

A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS caused by Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime leads to a memory leak each time the CLI command 'show system connections extensive' is executed. The amount of memory leaked on each execution depends on the number of TCP connections from and to the system. Repeated execution will cause more memory to leak and eventually daemons that need to allocate additionally memory and ultimately the kernel to crash, which will result in traffic loss. Continued execution of this command will cause a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor for increase in memory consumption of the netstat process, if it exists: user@junos> show system processes extensive | match "username|netstat" PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 21181 root 100 0 5458M 4913M CPU3 2 0:59 97.27% netstat The following log message might be observed if this issue happens: kernel: %KERN-3: pid 21181 (netstat), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S8, 18.2R3-S7. 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S6, 18.4R3-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S3, 19.4R3-S1; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1, 20.3R2; This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 18.2R1.

Severity

 

CVSS Version 3.x CVSS Version 2.0

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

CNA:  Juniper Networks, Inc.

Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM

Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score:  2.1 LOW

Vector:  (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11195	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-401	Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime	NIST   Juniper Networks, Inc.

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Change History

2 change records found show changes

Initial Analysis by NIST 7/29/2021 11:39:52 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 5892 characters. View Entire Change Record OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r1:-:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r1-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r1-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-401
Changed	Reference Type	https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11195 No Types Assigned	https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11195 Vendor Advisory

CVE Modified by Juniper Networks, Inc. 7/15/2021 5:15:09 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1687 characters. View Entire Change Record A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS caused by Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime leads to a memory leak each time the CLI command 'show system connections extensive' is executed. The amount of memory leaked on each execution depends on the number of TCP connections from and to the system. Repeated execution will cause more memory to leak and eventually daemons that need to allocate additionally memory and ultimately the kernel to crash, which will result in traffic loss.	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1631 characters. View Entire Change Record A vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS caused by Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime leads to a memory leak each time the CLI command 'show system connections extensive' is executed. The amount of memory leaked on each execution depends on the number of TCP connections from and to the system. Repeated execution will cause more memory to leak and eventually daemons that need to allocate additionally memory and ultimately the kernel to crash, which will result in traffic loss.