An Unexpected Status Code or Return Value vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the device to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
When certain USB devices are connected to a USB port of the routing-engine (RE), the kernel will crash leading to a reboot of the device. The device will continue to crash as long as the USB device is connected.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS:
All versions prior to 19.4R3-S10;
20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S7;
20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S6;
20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4;
21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3;
21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;
22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2, 22.2R3;
22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S1, 22.3R2;
22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.
Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
This issue was seen during production usage.
This issue has been assigned CVE-2023-28975.
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 19.4R3-S10, 20.2R3-S7, 20.3R3-S6, 20.4R3-S5, 21.1R3-S4, 21.2R3-S4, 21.3R3-S3, 21.4R3-S2, 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3, 22.2R2, 22.3R1-S1, 22.3R2, 22.4R2, 23.1R1, and all subsequent releases.
This issue is being tracked as 1638519
Note: Juniper SIRT's policy is not to evaluate releases which are beyond End of Engineering (EOE) or End of Life (EOL).
2023-04-12: Initial Publication