Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-0226 - Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Junos OS Evolved 20.1/20.2/20.3
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
On Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved devices, receipt of a specific IPv6 packet may cause an established IPv6 BGP session to terminate, creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue does not affect IPv4 BGP sessions. This issue affects IBGP or EBGP peer sessions with IPv6. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S3-EVO; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S3-EVO; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S1-EVO; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS releases.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 10 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.