CVE-2021-0286 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved (EVO) versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO and 21.1R2-EVO. An unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted packets to the device, causing the Advanced Forwarding Toolkit manager process to crash and restart, disrupting all traffic through the FPC. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. The EPSS score is low at 0.00153, suggesting a low probability of exploitation in the wild. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are also minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.4R2-EVOCPE match | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 21.1, < 21.1R2-EVOCPE match | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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