A vulnerability in the processing of TCP MD5 authentication in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a BGP or LDP session configured with MD5 authentication to succeed, even if the peer does not have TCP MD5 authentication enabled. This could lead to untrusted or unauthorized sessions being established, resulting in an impact on confidentiality or stability of the network.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved:

• All versions prior to 20.3R2-S1-EVO;
• 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO;
• 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO.

Juniper Networks Junos OS is not affected by this issue.
 

Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

This issue was found during internal product security testing or research.

This issue has been assigned  CVE-2021-0297 .
 

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved 20.3R2-S1-EVO, 20.4R2-EVO, 21.1R2-EVO, 21.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.

This issue is being tracked as  1569843 .
 

Software releases or updates are available for download at https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/
 

2021-10-13: Initial Publication.

• KB16613: Overview of the Juniper Networks SIRT Quarterly Security Bulletin Publication Process [juniper.net]
• KB16765: In which releases are vulnerabilities fixed? [juniper.net]
• KB16446: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Juniper's Security Advisories [juniper.net]
• Report a Vulnerability - How to Contact the Juniper Networks Security Incident Response Team
• CVE-2021-0297: BGP and LDP sessions with TCP MD5 authentication established with peers not configured for authentication