An Improper Locking vulnerability in the GTP plugin of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (Dos).
If an SRX Series device receives a specifically malformed GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) Modify Bearer Request message, a lock is acquired and never released. This results in other threads not being able to acquire a lock themselves, causing a watchdog timeout leading to FPC crash and restart. This issue leads to a complete traffic outage until the device has automatically recovered.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| juniper / junos | - | 22.4 |
| juniper / junos | 22.4 | 22.4.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r1 | 22.4-r1.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r1-s1 | 22.4-r1-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r1-s2 | 22.4-r1-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r2 | 22.4-r2.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r2-s1 | 22.4-r2-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r2-s2 | 22.4-r2-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3 | 22.4-r3.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s1 | 22.4-r3-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s2 | 22.4-r3-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s3 | 22.4-r3-s3.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s4 | 22.4-r3-s4.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s5 | 22.4-r3-s5.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s6 | 22.4-r3-s6.x |
| juniper / junos | 22.4-r3-s7 | 22.4-r3-s7.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2 | 23.2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r1 | 23.2-r1.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r1-s1 | 23.2-r1-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r1-s2 | 23.2-r1-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r2 | 23.2-r2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r2-s1 | 23.2-r2-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r2-s2 | 23.2-r2-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r2-s3 | 23.2-r2-s3.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.2-r2-s4 | 23.2-r2-s4.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4 | 23.4.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r1 | 23.4-r1.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r1-s1 | 23.4-r1-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r1-s2 | 23.4-r1-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r2 | 23.4-r2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r2-s1 | 23.4-r2-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r2-s2 | 23.4-r2-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r2-s3 | 23.4-r2-s3.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r2-s4 | 23.4-r2-s4.x |
| juniper / junos | 23.4-r2-s5 | 23.4-r2-s5.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2 | 24.2.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2-r1 | 24.2-r1.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2-r1-s1 | 24.2-r1-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2-r1-s2 | 24.2-r1-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2-r2 | 24.2-r2.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2-r2-s1 | 24.2-r2-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.2-r2-s2 | 24.2-r2-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.4 | 24.4.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.4-r1 | 24.4-r1.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.4-r1-s2 | 24.4-r1-s2.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.4-r1-s3 | 24.4-r1-s3.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.4-r2 | 24.4-r2.x |
| juniper / junos | 24.4-r2-s1 | 24.4-r2-s1.x |
| juniper / junos | 25.2 | 25.2.x |
| juniper / junos | 25.2-r1 | 25.2-r1.x |
| juniper / junos | 25.2-r2 | 25.2-r2.x |