CVE-2025-21602 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-21602: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of specially crafted BGP update packet causes RPD crash

Vendor Juniper Networks
Product Junos OS
Weakness CWE-755
Published January 9, 2025
Last update January 9, 2025

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker sending a specific BGP update packet to cause rpd to crash and restart, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continuous receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects iBGP and eBGP, and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability. This issue affects Junos OS:  * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2;  This issue does not affect versions prior to 21.1R1. Junos OS Evolved:  * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9-EVO,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3-EVO,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3-EVO,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO. This issue does not affect versions prior to 21.1R1-EVO

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 9, 2025 CVE published
January 9, 2025 Record updated