CVE-2023-44203 Denial of service in Junos OS
An adjacent attacker can cause packet flooding and denial of service by sending specific IGMP traffic to an isolated VLAN on affected Juniper switches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-44203?
CVE-2023-44203 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 12 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 allows a adjacent attacker to send specific traffic, which leads to packet flooding, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
When a specific IGMP packet is received in an isolated VLAN, it is duplicated to all other ports under the primary VLAN, which causes a flood.
This issue affects QFX5000 series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 platforms only.
This issue affects Juniper Junos OS on on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600:
* All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.
Weakness: CWE-703
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44203?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44203?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-44203 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44203 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos
- CVE-2023-36845 Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification
- CVE-2020-1631 Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal
- CVE-2025-21590 Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
- CVE-2023-36851 Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2023-36844 Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cjff-m8pq-m7x6.