6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-1678
Juniper Networks Junos OS Junos OS Evolved EVPN Slow Memory Leak
Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms with EVPN configured, receipt of specific BGP packets causes a slow memory leak. If the memory is exhausted the rpd process might crash. If the issue occurs, the memory leak could be seen by executing the "show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn" command multiple times to check if memory (Alloc Blocks value) is increasing. root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 3330678 79936272 3330678 79936272 root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 36620255 878886120 36620255 878886120 This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 19.4 versions; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4-EVO, 20.1R2-EVO; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-EVO; This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 19.4R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved releases prior to 19.4R1-EVO.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 16, 2020, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 25, 2021, 3:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-1678 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Juniper junos
2 Juniper junos_os_evolved
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11075 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-1678 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:19.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:20.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:20.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:19.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:20.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:20.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:20.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:20.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:19.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-772
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11075 No Types Assigned https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11075 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-772
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:19.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:19.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:19.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:20.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:20.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_evolved:20.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

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0.22728

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