CVE-2022-22161: Junos OS: MX104 might become unresponsive if the out-of-band management port receives a flood of traffic
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated network based attacker to cause 100% CPU load and the device to become unresponsive by sending a flood of traffic to the out-of-band management ethernet port. Continued receipted of a flood will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Once the flood subsides the system will recover by itself. An indication that the system is affected by this issue would be that an irq handled by the fman process is shown to be using a high percentage of CPU cycles like in the following example output: user@host> show system processes extensive ... PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU COMMAND 31 root -84 -187 0K 16K WAIT 22.2H 56939.26% irq96: fman0 This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: All versions prior to 18.3R3-S6; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S7, 19.3R3-S4; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S5, 19.4R3-S5; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-S2, 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2.
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What is the severity of CVE-2022-22161?
CVE-2022-22161 is rated as a critical severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a complete denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22161?
To fix CVE-2022-22161, update the Junos OS to a patched version that addresses this vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2022-22161?
CVE-2022-22161 affects several versions of Juniper's Junos OS, specifically versions earlier than 18.4 and certain versions of 18.3 and 19.x.
Can CVE-2022-22161 be exploited remotely?
Yes, CVE-2022-22161 can be exploited remotely by an unauthenticated attacker through a flood of traffic to the out-of-band management port.
What are the potential impacts of CVE-2022-22161?
The potential impacts of CVE-2022-22161 include 100% CPU load on affected devices, rendering them unresponsive.