CVE-2023-28968
MEDIUMDescription
An Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Deep Packet Inspection-Decoder (JDPI-Decoder) Application Signature component of Junos OS's AppID service on SRX Series devices will stop the JDPI-Decoder from identifying dynamic application traffic, allowing an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send traffic to the target device using the JDPI-Decoder, designed to inspect dynamic application traffic and take action upon this traffic, to instead begin to not take action and to pass the traffic through. An example session can be seen by running the following command and evaluating the output. user@device# run show security flow session source-prefix <address/mask> extensive Session ID: <session ID>, Status: Normal, State: Active Policy name: <name of policy> Dynamic application: junos:UNKNOWN, <<<<< LOOK HERE Please note, the JDPI-Decoder and the AppID SigPack are both affected and both must be upgraded along with the operating system to address the matter. By default, none of this is auto-enabled for automatic updates. This issue affects: Juniper Networks any version of the JDPI-Decoder Engine prior to version 5.7.0-47 with the JDPI-Decoder enabled using any version of the AppID SigPack prior to version 1.550.2-31 (SigPack 3533) on Junos OS on SRX Series: All versions prior to 19.1R3-S10; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S7; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S8; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S11; 20.1 version 20.1R1 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S7; 20.3 version 20.3R1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S1; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2;
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-2511 | Medium | 5.9 | 54% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-3341 | High | 7.5 | 2.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-27804 | Medium | 5.5 | 1.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-43174 | High | 7.5 | 1.2% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-34183 | High | 7.5 | 1.0% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-2240 | High | 7.5 | 1.0% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2023-28968?
Published advisories record a fix for 2 affected products. The "How to fix" section on this page lists the fixed version and source advisory for each one, so apply the entry matching what you actually run.
Is CVE-2023-28968 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2023-28968 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.56% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 44% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2023-28968?
CVE-2023-28968 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2023-28968 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for appid service sigpack (NVD), jdpi-decoder engine (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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