Receipt of a specifically malformed NDP packet sent from the local area network (LAN) to a device running Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved can cause the ndp process to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). The process automatically restarts without intervention, but a continuous receipt of the malformed NDP packets could leaded to an extended Denial of Service condition. During this time, IPv6 neighbor learning will be affected. The issue occurs when parsing the incoming malformed NDP packet. Rather than simply discarding the packet, the process asserts, performing a controlled exit and restart, thereby avoiding any chance of an unhandled exception. Exploitation of this vulnerability is limited to a temporary denial of service, and cannot be leveraged to cause additional impact on the system. This issue is limited to the processing of IPv6 NDP packets. IPv4 packet processing cannot trigger, and is unaffected by this vulnerability. This issue affects all Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 20.1R2-EVO. Junos OS is unaffected by this vulnerability.
Published 2020-10-16 21:15:14
Updated 2022-10-21 19:49:13
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2020-1681

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-1681

0.31%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 52 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-1681

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
3.3
LOW AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5
2.9
NIST
6.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.8
3.6
Juniper Networks, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2020-1681

  • The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.
    Assigned by: sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

References for CVE-2020-1681

  • https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11078
    2020-10 Security Bulletin: Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specifically malformed NDP packet could lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2020-1681) - Juniper Networks
    Vendor Advisory
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