Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: If malformed IPv6 router advertisements are received, memory corruption will occur which causes an rpd crash (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2023-28981

MEDIUM 6.5

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 23 (2026-11-01)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-04-17 00:00 UTC
Updated: 2025-02-05 21:40 UTC
Assigner: juniper
NVD status: Modified

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Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If the receipt of router advertisements is enabled on an interface and a specifically malformed RA packet is received, memory corruption will happen which leads to an rpd crash. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.3-EVO version 20.3R1-EVO and later versions; 20.4-EVO versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R3-EVO; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-EVO; 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70607

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	juniper
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-32599
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-28981

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0310 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.3:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Affected products

Product	Versions
Juniper Networks · Junos OS	affected 20.3 < 20.3R3-S5 ; affected 20.4 < 20.4R3-S3, 20.4R3-S6 ; affected 21.1 < 21.1R3-S4 ; affected 21.2 < 21.2R3 ; affected 21.3 < 21.3R3 ; affected 21.4 < 21.4R2
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved	affected 20.3R1-EVO < 20.3-EVO* ; affected 20.4-EVO < 20.4R3-S6-EVO ; affected 21.3-EVO < 21.3R3-EVO ; affected 21.4-EVO < 21.4R2-EVO ; affected 22.1-EVO < 22.1R2-EVO

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

🟡 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: If malformed IPv6 router advertisements are received, memory corruption will occur which causes an rpd crash (Juniper Networks Junos OS)