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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-22240 EUVD-2022-27387GHSA-37r4-cw3g-gh25

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An rpd memory leak might be observed while running a specific cli command in a RIB sharding scenario

Published Oct 18, 2022 · Updated May 9, 2025 · Assigned by juniper

Description

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling and a Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated low privileged attacker to cause a Denial of Sevice (DoS). In a high-scaled BGP routing environment with rib-sharding enabled, two issues may occur when executing a specific CLI command. One is a memory leak issue with rpd where the leak rate is not constant, and the other is a temporary spike in rpd memory usage during command execution. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S9; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S5; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S2; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S1; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1, 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R3-S1-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R1-S2-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 19.2R1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 – < 19.4R3-S9, 20.2 – < 20.2R3-S5, 20.3 – < 20.3R3-S2, 20.4 – < 20.4R3-S1, 21.1 – < 21.1R3, 21.2 – < 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1, 21.2R3, 21.3 – < 21.3R2 19.4R3-S9
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved unspecified – < 20.4R3-S1-EVO, 21.1R1-EVO – < 21.1-EVO*, 21.2-EVO – < 21.2R1-S2-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3-EVO – < 21.3R2-EVO 20.4R3-S1-EVO

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