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CVE-2020-1644 — Juniper Junos security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.5

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved devices, the receipt of a specific BGP UPDATE packet causes an internal counter to be incremented incorrectly, which over time can lead to the routing protocols process (RPD) crash and restart. This issue affects both IBGP and EBGP multihop deployment in IPv4 or IPv6 network. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D105.19; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S10, 17.4R3-S2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S10; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S4; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D13, 18.2X75-D411.1, 18.2X75-D420.18, 18.2X75-D52.3, 18.2X75-D60; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S1, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S2, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S2, 19.4R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: any releases prior to 20.1R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 17.3R1.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2020-07-17
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-703, CWE-20

Affected products

  • juniper / junos / 17.2x75
  • juniper / junos / 17.3

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

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