CVE-2020-1678 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Severity

65%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

60%

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.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.9. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Demo Examples

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

The following code attempts to process a file by reading it in line by line until the end has been reached.


               
}
}
processLine(line);

The problem with the above code is that it never closes the file handle it opens. The Finalize() method for BufferReader eventually calls Close(), but there is no guarantee as to how long it will take before the Finalize() method is invoked. In fact, there is no guarantee that Finalize() will ever be invoked. In a busy environment, this can result in the VM using up all of its available file handles.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

The following code attempts to open a new connection to a database, process the results returned by the database, and close the allocated SqlConnection object.


               
conn.Connection.Close();

The problem with the above code is that if an exception occurs while executing the SQL or processing the results, the SqlConnection object is not closed. If this happens often enough, the database will run out of available cursors and not be able to execute any more SQL queries.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

The following method never closes the file handle it opens. The Finalize() method for StreamReader eventually calls Close(), but there is no guarantee as to how long it will take before the Finalize() method is invoked. In fact, there is no guarantee that Finalize() will ever be invoked. In a busy environment, this can result in the VM using up all of its available file handles.


               
}
}
processLine(line);

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

This code attempts to open a connection to a database and catches any exceptions that may occur.


               
}
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(some_connection_string);
log( e );

If an exception occurs after establishing the database connection and before the same connection closes, the pool of database connections may become exhausted. If the number of available connections is exceeded, other users cannot access this resource, effectively denying access to the application.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

Under normal conditions the following C# code executes a database query, processes the results returned by the database, and closes the allocated SqlConnection object. But if an exception occurs while executing the SQL or processing the results, the SqlConnection object is not closed. If this happens often enough, the database will run out of available cursors and not be able to execute any more SQL queries.


               
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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

The following C function does not close the file handle it opens if an error occurs. If the process is long-lived, the process can run out of file handles.


               
}
return DECODE_SUCCESS;
return DECODE_FAIL;
}
}
return DECODE_FAIL;
decodeBlock(buf);

Overview

Type

Juniper JUNOS

First reported 4 years ago

2020-10-16 21:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-10-27 16:56:00

Affected Software

Juniper JUNOS 19.4 R1

19.4

Juniper JUNOS 19.4 R1-S1

19.4

Juniper JUNOS 20.1 R1

20.1

Juniper JUNOS Evolved 19.4 R1

19.4

Juniper JUNOS Evolved 19.4 R2

19.4

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