CVE-2021-0221 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Severity

65%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

60%

In an EVPN/VXLAN scenario, if an IRB interface with a virtual gateway address (VGA) is configured on a PE, a traffic loop may occur upon receipt of specific IP multicast traffic. The traffic loop will cause interface traffic to increase abnormally, ultimately leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) in packet processing. The following command could be used to monitor the interface traffic: user@junos> monitor interface traffic Interface Link Input packets (pps) Output packets (pps) et-0/0/1 Up 6492089274364 (70994959) 6492089235319 (70994956) et-0/0/25 Up 343458103 (1) 156844 (0) ae0 Up 9132519197257 (70994959) 9132519139454 (70994956) This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX Series: all versions prior to 17.3R3-S10; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S5; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S5, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S2, 20.2R2.

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

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

In the following code the method processMessagesFromServer attempts to establish a connection to a server and read and process messages from the server. The method uses a do/while loop to continue trying to establish the connection to the server when an attempt fails.


               
}
...// create socket to connect to server
}// establish connection to server// if connected then read and process messages from server
...// read and process messages
// keep trying to establish connection to the server// close socket and return success or failure

However, this will create an infinite loop if the server does not respond. This infinite loop will consume system resources and can be used to create a denial of service attack. To resolve this a counter should be used to limit the number of attempts to establish a connection to the server, as in the following code.


               
}
...// initialize number of attempts counter
}// establish connection to server// increment counter// if connected then read and process messages from server
...// read and process messages
// keep trying to establish connection to the server// up to a maximum number of attempts// close socket and return success or failure

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

For this example the method isReorderNeeded as part of a bookstore application that determines if a particular book needs to be reordered based on the current inventory count and the rate at which the book is being sold.


               
}
return isReorder;// get inventory count for book// find number of days until inventory count reaches minimum
days++;
// if number of days within reorder timeframe// set reorder return boolean to true
isReorder = true;

However, the while loop will become an infinite loop if the rateSold input parameter has a value of zero since the inventoryCount will never fall below the minimumCount. In this case the input parameter should be validated to ensure that a value of zero does not cause an infinite loop,as in the following code.


               
}
...// validate rateSold variable
return isReorder;

Overview

Type

Juniper

First reported 4 years ago

2021-01-15 18:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2021-02-05 16:49:00

Affected Software

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R1

18.2

Juniper Junos 18.2 R1-S3

18.2

Juniper Junos 18.2 R1-S4

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R2

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 17.3

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R1-S1

17.3

Juniper Junos 17.3 R2

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R2-S1

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3R2-S2

17.3

Juniper Junos OS 17.3 R2-S3

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R2-S4

17.3

Juniper JunOS 17.3 R3

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R3-S1

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R3-S2

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R3-S3

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3R3-S4

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.3 R3-S7

17.3

Juniper JUNOS 17.4

17.4

Juniper Junos 17.4 R1

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R1-S1

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R1-S2

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4R1-S4

17.4

Juniper JunOS 17.4 R1-s5

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R1-S6

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4R1-S7

17.4

Juniper Junos 17.4 R2

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S1

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S10

17.4

Juniper Junos 17.4 R2-S2

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S3

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4R2-S4

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S5

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S6

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S7

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S8

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R2-S9

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R3

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 17.4 R3-S1

17.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.1

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1R2

18.1

Juniper JUNOS R2-S1

18.1

Juniper JUNOS R2-S2

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R2-S4

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3

18.1

Juniper JunOS 18.1 R3-s1

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3-S2

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3-S3

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1R3-S4

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3-S6

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3-S7

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3-S8

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.1 R3-S9

18.1

Juniper JUNOS 18.2

18.2

Juniper JunOS 18.2 R1

18.2

Juniper JunOS 18.2 R1-S3

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R1-S5

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R2-S1

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2R2-S2

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2R2-S3

18.2

Juniper JUNOS18.2 R2-S4

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R2-S5

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R2-S6

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2R3

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R3-S1

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R3-S2

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.2 R3-S3

18.2

Juniper JUNOS 18.3

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R1

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R1-S1

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R1-S2

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3R1-S3

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R1-S5

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R1-S6

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R2

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R2-S1

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R2-S2

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R2-S3

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R3

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.3 R3-S1

18.3

Juniper JUNOS 18.4

18.4

Juniper JunOS 18.4 R1

18.4

Juniper Junos OS 18.4 R1-S1

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4R1-S2

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4 R1-S5

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4 R1-S6

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4R2

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4 R2-S1

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4 R2-S2

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4 R2-S3

18.4

Juniper JUNOS 18.4 R3

18.4

Juniper Junos OS 19.1

19.1

Juniper Junos OS 19.1 R1

19.1

Juniper Junos OS 19.1 R1-s1

19.1

Juniper JUNOS 19.1 R1-S2

19.1

Juniper JUNOS 19.1 R1-S3

19.1

Juniper JUNOS 19.1 R1-S4

19.1

Juniper Junos OS 19.1 R2

19.1

Juniper Junos OS 19.2

19.2

Juniper Junos OS 19.2 R1

19.2

Juniper JUNOS 19.2 R1-S1

19.2

Juniper JUNOS 19.2 R1-S2

19.2

Juniper JUNOS 19.2 R1-S3

19.2

Juniper JUNOS 19.3

19.3

Juniper JUNOS 19.3 R1

19.3

Juniper JUNOS 19.3 R1-S1

19.3

Juniper JUNOS 19.3 R2

19.3

Juniper JUNOS 19.3 R2-S1

19.3

Juniper JUNOS 19.3 R2-S2

19.3

Juniper JUNOS 19.4 R1

19.4

Juniper JUNOS 19.4 R1-S1

19.4

Juniper JUNOS 20.1 R1

20.1

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