Buffer overflow in Juniper Junos
CVE-2024-21594
A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Network Services Daemon (NSD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows authenticated, low privileged, local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On an SRX 5000 Series device, when executing a specific command repeatedly, memory is corrupted, which leads to a Flow Processing Daemon (flowd) crash. The NSD process has to be restarted to restore services. If this issue occurs, it can be checked with the following command: user@host> request security policies check The following log message can also be observed: Error: policies are out of sync for PFE node<number>.fpc<number>.pic<number>. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX 5000 Series * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S4; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S1; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.002 (7.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Juniper Junos — versions 20.4, 21.1, 21.2
- Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions 0, 21.1, 21.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sirt@juniper.net (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- sirt@juniper.net (technical-description, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-21594?
- CVE-2024-21594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.
- How severe is CVE-2024-21594?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.