CVE-2020-1645 Junos OS: MX Series: Services card might restart when DNS filtering is enabled
An attacker can crash the services card via packet streams, causing a restart that temporarily bypasses DNS filtering security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-1645?
CVE-2020-1645 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When DNS filtering is enabled on Juniper Networks Junos MX Series with one of the following cards MS-PIC, MS-MIC or MS-MPC, an incoming stream of packets processed by the Multiservices PIC Management Daemon (mspmand) process, responsible for managing "URL Filtering service", may crash, causing the Services PIC to restart. While the Services PIC is restarting, all PIC services including DNS filtering service (DNS sink holing) will be bypassed until the Services PIC completes its boot process. If the issue occurs, system core-dumps output will show a crash of mspmand process: root@device> show system core-dumps -rw-rw---- 1 nobody wheel 575685123 <Date> /var/tmp/pics/mspmand.core.<*>.gz This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S1; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S3, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 17.3R2.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1645?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1645?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1645 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-1645 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1645 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-21590 Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
- CVE-2023-36851 Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvr9-hv4p-wfcw.