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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2023-28985 json

SRX Series and MX Series: An FPC core is observed when IDP is enabled on the device and a specific malformed SSL packet is received

published 2023-07-14 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32603

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) of Juniper Networks SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt of this specific packet will cause a sustained Denial of Service condition.

On all SRX Series and MX Series platforms, where IDP is enabled and a specific malformed SSL packet is received, the SSL detector crashes leading to an FPC core.

This issue affects Juniper Networks SRX Series and MX Series prior to SigPack 3598.

In order to identify the current SigPack version, following command can be used:

user@junos# show security idp security-package-version

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS SigPack 3598
  • juniper_networks junos_os SigPack 3598

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • juniper_networks junos_os

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1286 Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input

References

Sources

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