CVE-2022-22238 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-22238

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: The rpd process will crash when a malformed incoming RESV message is processed

Vulnerability Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When an incoming RESV message corresponding to a protected LSP is malformed it causes an incorrect internal state resulting in an rpd core. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 19.2R3-S6; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S6; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 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, 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.2R3-S3-EVO; 20.3-EVO version 20.3R1-EVO and later versions; 20.4-EVO versions prior to 20.4R3-S1-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-EVO and later versions; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Juniper Networks

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Affected Software

Junos OS, Junos OS Evolved
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 20.3R1-EVO, 20.4-EVO, 21.1R1-EVO, 21.2R1-EVO, 21.3-EVO

Timeline

Official Publish: October 18th, 2022
Last Modified: May 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)