What is CVE-2024-39557?

CVE-2024-39557 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos_os_evolved, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-39557?

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

Resource exhaustion in Juniper Junos_os_evolved

CVE-2024-39557

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually exhausting all syste…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.002 (16.0th 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_os_evolved — versions 21.4, 22.2, 22.3
Juniper Networks Junos Os Evolved — versions 0, 22.2-EVO, 22.3-EVO

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

sirt@juniper.net (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39557?: CVE-2024-39557 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos_os_evolved, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-39557?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.