CVE-2020-1651

CVE-2020-1651 affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series routers. A memory leak caused by processing a specific stream of Layer 2 frames can crash the line-card PFE, leading to DoS traffic interruption. Impact observed in MX Series revisions including 17.2 (prior to 17.2R3-S4) and 17.2X75 (pr...

CVE-2020-1651 Junos OS: MX Series: PFE on the line card may crash due to memory leak.

On Juniper Networks MX series, receipt of a stream of specific Layer 2 frames may cause a memory leak resulting in the packet forwarding engine PFE on the line card to crash and restart, causing traffic interruption. By continuously sending this stream of specific layer 2 frame, an attacker...