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, when NSR is enabled, a BGP flap will cause memory leak. A manual reboot of the system will restore the services. Note: NSR is not supported on the SRX Series and is therefore not affected by this vulnerability. The memory usage can be monitored using the below commands. user@host> show chassis routing-engine no-forwarding user@host> show system memory | no-more This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S2; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S2; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2. This issue does not affect Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R3-S7.
EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th 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)
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.