CVE-2023-36848 is an Improper Handling of Undefined Values vulnerability in the periodic packet management daemon (PPMD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series devices, excluding specific MPC and LC models. This flaw allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed CFM packets, causing an FPC crash and sustained service disruption if CFM is configured. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating an attack vector requiring adjacent network access with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.1:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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