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CVE-2020-1678 Details

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms with EVPN configured, receipt of specific BGP packets causes a slow memory leak. If the memory is exhausted the rpd process might crash. If the issue occurs, the memory leak could be seen by executing the "show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn" command multiple times to check if memory (Alloc Blocks value) is increasing. root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 3330678 79936272 3330678 79936272 root@device> show task memory detail | match policy | match evpn ------------------------ Allocator Memory Report ------------------------ Name | Size | Alloc DTXP Size | Alloc Blocks | Alloc Bytes | MaxAlloc Blocks | MaxAlloc Bytes Policy EVPN Params 20 24 36620255 878886120 36620255 878886120 This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 19.4 versions; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4-EVO, 20.1R2-EVO; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-EVO; This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 19.4R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved releases prior to 19.4R1-EVO.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime[email protected]
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
juniper junos
19.4 r1
19.4 r1-s1
19.4 r1-s2
20.1 r1
20.1 r1-s1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.1:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
juniper junos os evolved
19.4 r1
19.4 r2
19.4 r2-s1
20.1 -
20.1 r1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:19.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:20.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:20.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:20.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-1678
NVD Published Date:
Oct 16, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-1678 Details - Not Deferred