CVE-2020-1649 affects Juniper Networks Junos OS devices equipped with specific MPC line cards configured for inline IP reassembly. An attacker can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending small, unreassembled fragmented packets, causing the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) to repeatedly disable. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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