medium
6.5
CWE
401 400
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2021-0215: Junos OS: EX Series, QFX Series, SRX Branch Series, MX Series: Memory leak in packet forwarding engine due to 802.1X authenticator port interface flaps

First published: Fri Jan 15 2021(Updated: )

On Juniper Networks Junos EX series, QFX Series, MX Series and SRX branch series devices, a memory leak occurs every time the 802.1X authenticator port interface flaps which can lead to other processes, such as the pfex process, responsible for packet forwarding, to crash and restart. An administrator can use the following CLI command to monitor the status of memory consumption: user@device> show task memory detail Please refer to https://kb.juniper.net/KB31522 for details. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D54; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D240 ; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D593; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S8; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3-S4; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S10 ; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3; 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-S2, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S3, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S2, 19.4R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3, 15.1.

Credit: sirt@juniper.net

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Juniper Junos=14.1x53
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d10
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d15
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d16
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d25
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d26
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d27
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d30
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d34
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d35
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d40
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d42
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d43
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d44
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d45
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d48
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d50
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d51
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d52
Juniper Junos=14.1x53-d53
Juniper Junos=15.1x49
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d10
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d100
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d110
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d120
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d130
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d140
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d15
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d150
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d160
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d170
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d180
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d190
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d20
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d200
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d210
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d25
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d30
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d35
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d40
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d45
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d50
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d55
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d60
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d65
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d70
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d75
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d80
Juniper Junos=15.1x49-d90
Juniper Junos=15.1x53
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d10
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d20
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d21
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d210
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d230
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d231
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d232
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d233
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d234
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d235
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d236
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d237
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d25
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d30
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d31
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d32
Juniper Junos=15.1x53-d33
Juniper Junos=16.1
Juniper Junos=16.1-r1
Juniper Junos=16.1-r2
Juniper Junos=16.1-r3
Juniper Junos=16.1-r3-s10
Juniper Junos=16.1-r3-s11
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4-s12
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4-s2
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4-s3
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4-s4
Juniper Junos=16.1-r4-s6
Juniper Junos=16.1-r5
Juniper Junos=16.1-r5-s4
Juniper Junos=16.1-r6-s1
Juniper Junos=16.1-r6-s6
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7-s2
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7-s3
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7-s4
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7-s5
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7-s6
Juniper Junos=16.1-r7-s7
Juniper Junos=17.2
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s2
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s3
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s4
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s5
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s7
Juniper Junos=17.2-r1-s8
Juniper Junos=17.2-r2
Juniper Junos=17.2-r2-s11
Juniper Junos=17.2-r2-s6
Juniper Junos=17.2-r2-s7
Juniper Junos=17.2-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=17.2-r3-s2
Juniper Junos=17.2-r3-s3
Juniper Junos=17.3
Juniper Junos=17.3-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2-s3
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2-s4
Juniper Junos=17.3-r2-s5
Juniper Junos=17.3-r3
Juniper Junos=17.3-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=17.3-r3-s2
Juniper Junos=17.3-r3-s3
Juniper Junos=17.3-r3-s4
Juniper Junos=17.3-r3-s7
Juniper Junos=17.4
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1-s2
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1-s4
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1-s5
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1-s6
Juniper Junos=17.4-r1-s7
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s10
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s3
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s4
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s5
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s6
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s7
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s8
Juniper Junos=17.4-r2-s9
Juniper Junos=17.4-r3
Juniper Junos=17.4-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=18.1
Juniper Junos=18.1-r1
Juniper Junos=18.1-r2
Juniper Junos=18.1-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=18.1-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=18.1-r2-s4
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s2
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s3
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s4
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s6
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s7
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s8
Juniper Junos=18.1-r3-s9
Juniper Junos=18.2
Juniper Junos=18.2-r1
Juniper Junos=18.2-r1
Juniper Junos=18.2-r1-s3
Juniper Junos=18.2-r1-s4
Juniper Junos=18.2-r1-s5
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2-s3
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2-s4
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2-s5
Juniper Junos=18.2-r2-s6
Juniper Junos=18.2-r3
Juniper Junos=18.2-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=18.2-r3-s2
Juniper Junos=18.3
Juniper Junos=18.3-r1
Juniper Junos=18.3-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=18.3-r1-s2
Juniper Junos=18.3-r1-s3
Juniper Junos=18.3-r1-s5
Juniper Junos=18.3-r1-s6
Juniper Junos=18.3-r2
Juniper Junos=18.3-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=18.3-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=18.3-r2-s3
Juniper Junos=18.3-r3
Juniper Junos=18.3-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=18.4
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1-s2
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1-s3
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1-s4
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1-s5
Juniper Junos=18.4-r1-s6
Juniper Junos=18.4-r2
Juniper Junos=18.4-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=18.4-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=18.4-r2-s3
Juniper Junos=18.4-r3
Juniper Junos=18.4-r3-s1
Juniper Junos=19.1
Juniper Junos=19.1-r1
Juniper Junos=19.1-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=19.1-r1-s2
Juniper Junos=19.1-r1-s3
Juniper Junos=19.1-r1-s4
Juniper Junos=19.1-r2
Juniper Junos=19.1-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=19.2
Juniper Junos=19.2-r1
Juniper Junos=19.2-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=19.2-r1-s2
Juniper Junos=19.2-r1-s3
Juniper Junos=19.2-r1-s4
Juniper Junos=19.3
Juniper Junos=19.3-r1
Juniper Junos=19.3-r1-s1
Juniper Junos=19.3-r2
Juniper Junos=19.3-r2-s1
Juniper Junos=19.3-r2-s2
Juniper Junos=19.4-r1
Juniper Junos=19.4-r1-s1

Remedy

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 14.1X53-D54, 15.1X49-D240, 15.1X53-D593, 16.1R7-S8, 17.2R3-S4, 17.3R3-S8, 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2, 18.1R3-S10, 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2, 18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2, 19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3, 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2, 19.3R2-S3, 19.3R3, 19.4R1-S2, 19.4R2, 20.1R1, and all subsequent releases.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2021-0215?

    CVE-2021-0215 has been classified as a medium severity vulnerability.

  • How do I fix CVE-2021-0215?

    To mitigate CVE-2021-0215, update Juniper JUNOS to a patched version as recommended in the advisories.

  • What devices are affected by CVE-2021-0215?

    CVE-2021-0215 affects Juniper Networks Junos EX series, QFX Series, MX Series, and SRX branch series devices.

  • What can happen if CVE-2021-0215 is exploited?

    Exploitation of CVE-2021-0215 may lead to a memory leak that can cause the pfex process responsible for packet forwarding to crash.

  • Is there a workaround for CVE-2021-0215?

    There are no official workarounds for CVE-2021-0215; upgrading to a fixed version is recommended.

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