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To be affected a device must be configured with:

[ forwarding-options dhcp-relay group <group-name> interface ... ]

or

[ system services dhcp-local-server group <group-name> interface ... ]
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An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Juniper DHCP Daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause the jdhcpd to consume all the CPU cycles resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

On Junos OS devices with forward-snooped-client configured, if an attacker sends a specific DHCP packet to a non-configured interface, this will cause an infinite loop. The DHCP process will have to be restarted to recover the service.

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS

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Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

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The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 20.4R3-S9, 21.2R3-S7, 21.3R3-S5, 21.4R3-S5, 22.1R3-S4, 22.2R3-S3, 22.3R3-S2, 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3, 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2, 23.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

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There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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