Description
An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series switches allows an attacker sending large amounts of legitimate traffic destined to the device to cause Interchassis Control Protocol (ICCP) interruptions, leading to an unstable control connection between the Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG) nodes which can in turn lead to traffic loss. Continued receipt of this amount of traffic will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. An indication that the system could be impacted by this issue is the following log message: "DDOS_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION_SET: Warning: Host-bound traffic for protocol/exception LOCALNH:aggregate exceeded its allowed bandwidth at fpc <fpc number> for <n> times, started at <timestamp>" This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S13, 17.4R3-S5; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R1-S1, 20.4R2.
Published: 2021-07-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 15.1R7-S9, 17.3R3-S11, 17.4R2-S13, 17.4R3-S5, 18.1R3-S13, 18.2R3-S8, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S7, 19.1R3-S5, 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2, 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2, 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3, 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3, 20.3R2, 20.4R1-S1, 20.4R2, 21.1R1, and all subsequent releases.

Vendor Workaround

While no complete workaround exists, the risk of malicious exploitation can be reduced by filtering undesirable traffic using firewall filters and policers, or increase the bandwidth for the localnh DDOS queue.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2904 An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series switches allows an attacker sending large amounts of legitimate traffic destined to the device to cause Interchassis Control Protocol (ICCP) interruptions, leading to an unstable control connection between the Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG) nodes which can in turn lead to traffic loss. Continued receipt of this amount of traffic will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. An indication that the system could be impacted by this issue is the following log message: "DDOS_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION_SET: Warning: Host-bound traffic for protocol/exception LOCALNH:aggregate exceeded its allowed bandwidth at fpc <fpc number> for <n> times, started at <timestamp>" This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4600 Series: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S13, 17.4R3-S5; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R1-S1, 20.4R2.
References
Link Providers
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11187 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Subscriptions

Juniper Ex4200 Ex4200-vc Ex4300 Ex4300-24p Ex4300-24p-s Ex4300-24t Ex4300-24t-s Ex4300-32f Ex4300-32f-dc Ex4300-32f-s Ex4300-48mp Ex4300-48mp-s Ex4300-48p Ex4300-48p-s Ex4300-48t Ex4300-48t-afi Ex4300-48t-dc Ex4300-48t-dc-afi Ex4300-48t-s Ex4300-48tafi Ex4300-48tdc Ex4300-48tdc-afi Ex4300-mp Ex4300-vc Ex4300m Ex4400 Ex4500 Ex4500-vc Ex4550 Ex4550-vc Ex4550\/vc Ex4600 Ex4600-vc Ex4650 Junos Qfx5100 Qfx5100-96s Qfx5110 Qfx5120 Qfx5130 Qfx5200 Qfx5200-32c Qfx5200-48y Qfx5210 Qfx5210-64c Qfx5220
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:33:37.636Z

Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-0285

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-15T20:15:10.253

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:42:24.200

Link: CVE-2021-0285

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