What is CVE-2024-21617?

CVE-2024-21617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-21617?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2024-21617

An Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Nonstop active routing (NSR) component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause memory leak leading to Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos OS platforms, w…

EPSS: 0.003 (20.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 21.2, 21.3, 21.4
Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions 21.2, 21.3, 21.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup

References

sirt@juniper.net (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (technical-description, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21617?: CVE-2024-21617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-21617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.