A vulnerability in the HTTP/HTTPS service used by J-Web, Web Authentication, Dynamic-VPN (DVPN), Firewall Authentication Pass-Through with Web-Redirect, and Captive Portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause an extended Denial of Service (DoS) for these services by sending a high number of specific requests. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S17 on EX Series; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D105 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S8; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D230 on SRX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S1, 20.2R2.
Published 2021-04-22 20:15:10
Updated 2021-05-04 21:56:05
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2021-0261

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-0261

0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 44 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-0261

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
Juniper Networks, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2021-0261

  • The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
    Assigned by: sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
  • The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
    Assigned by: sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

References for CVE-2021-0261

  • https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11152
    2021-04 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: Denial of Service vulnerability in J-Web and web based (HTTP/HTTPS) services caused by a high number of specific requests (CVE-2021-0261) - Juniper Networks
    Vendor Advisory
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