CVE-2020-1671: Junos OS: Receipt of malformed DHCPv6 packets causes jdhcpd to crash.

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS platforms configured as DHCPv6 local server or DHCPv6 Relay Agent, Juniper Networks Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Daemon (JDHCPD) process might crash with a core dump if a malformed DHCPv6 packet is received, resulting with the restart of the daemon. This issue only affects DHCPv6, it does not affect DHCPv4. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 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; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D65; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3; 19.2 version 19.2R2 and later versions; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2; This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS prior to 17.4R1.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: 17.4, 17.4-r1, 17.4-r1-s1, 17.4-r1-s2, 17.4-r1-s4, 17.4-r1-s5 (+117)

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