CVE-2021-0280

7.5 HIGH

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability in Juniper Junos OS prevents DDoS protection configuration changes from taking effect on specific PTX and QFX10K platforms with Paradise chipsets. When high rates of specific packets are received, BFD sessions may flap, disrupting routing protocols and causing network instability leading to denial of service. Only affects PTX and QFX10K Series devices with Paradise chipset-based line cards running vulnerable Junos OS versions.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • PTX1000
  • PTX3000 (NextGen)
  • PTX5000
  • PTX10008
  • PTX10016 Series
  • QFX10002 Series
Versions: Junos OS 17.4 prior to 17.4R3-S5, 18.2 prior to 18.2R3-S8, 18.3 prior to 18.3R3-S5, 18.4 prior to 18.4R2-S8, 19.1 prior to 19.1R3-S5, 19.2 prior to 19.2R3-S2, 19.3 prior to 19.3R3-S2, 19.4 prior to 19.4R3-S2, 20.1 prior to 20.1R3, 20.2 prior to 20.2R2-S3/20.2R3, 20.3 prior to 20.3R2, 20.4 prior to 20.4R2
Operating Systems: Junos OS
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Only affects devices with Paradise (PE) chipset-based line cards. DDoS protection configuration changes from CLI won't take effect beyond default settings.

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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Sustained denial of service condition causing complete network outage through routing protocol disruption and BFD session flapping.

🟠

Likely Case

Network instability and intermittent connectivity issues during high packet rate events, particularly affecting routing protocols.

🟢

If Mitigated

Limited impact if devices are not exposed to high rates of the specific triggering packets.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - Internet-facing devices are directly exposed to packet floods that could trigger this vulnerability.
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Internal devices could still be affected by internal traffic floods or misconfigured devices.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW - Requires sending high rate of specific packets to trigger the condition.

Exploitation requires sending specific packets at high rates to vulnerable devices. No authentication needed as it's triggered by network traffic.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 17.4R3-S5, 18.2R3-S8, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R2-S8, 19.1R3-S5, 19.2R3-S2, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R3-S2, 20.1R3, 20.2R2-S3/20.2R3, 20.3R2, 20.4R2 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11184

Restart Required: Yes

Instructions:

1. Identify affected devices and versions. 2. Download appropriate Junos OS version from Juniper support. 3. Backup configuration. 4. Install update using 'request system software add' command. 5. Reboot device to activate new version.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Rate limiting and traffic filtering

all

Implement ingress rate limiting and filtering to prevent high rates of specific packets from reaching vulnerable devices.

configure firewall filter BLOCK-DDOS term 1 from {match-criteria} then discard
set class-of-service traffic-control-profiles TCP rate-limit 100m

Network segmentation

all

Isolate vulnerable devices from untrusted networks and implement strict access controls.

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement strict network segmentation to isolate vulnerable devices
  • Deploy external DDoS protection solutions to filter traffic before it reaches vulnerable devices

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check device model and version: 'show version' and 'show chassis hardware' to confirm Paradise chipset line cards.

Check Version:

show version | match Junos

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify Junos OS version is patched: 'show version' and check against fixed versions. Test DDoS protection configuration changes take effect.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • BFD session state changes
  • Routing protocol neighbor flaps
  • High packet drop rates in DDoS protection logs

Network Indicators:

  • Unusual BFD session flapping
  • Routing protocol instability
  • Increased specific packet types to affected devices

SIEM Query:

source="juniper-firewall" (BFD_DOWN OR BFD_UP) OR (OSPF_NEIGHBOR_DOWN OR BGP_PEER_DOWN)

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