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CVE-2024-21599
Juniper Networks Junos OS MX Series Packet Forwarding Engine PFE Denial of Service Memory Leak
Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If an MX Series device receives PTP packets on an MPC3E that doesn't support PTP this causes a memory leak which will result in unpredictable behavior and ultimately in an MPC crash and restart. To monitor for this issue, please use the following FPC vty level commands: show heap shows an increase in "LAN buffer" utilization and show clksync ptp nbr-upd-info shows non-zero "Pending PFEs" counter. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC3E: * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S3; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R2-S1, 21.3R3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R2; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R2.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 12, 2024, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 19, 2024, 9 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-21599 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Juniper junos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-21599.

URL Resource
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75740 Vendor Advisory
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-21599 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75740 No Types Assigned https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75740 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L No Types Assigned https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If an MX Series device receives PTP packets on an MPC3E that doesn't support PTP this causes a memory leak which will result in unpredictable behavior and ultimately in an MPC crash and restart. To monitor for this issue, please use the following FPC vty level commands: show heap shows an increase in "LAN buffer" utilization and show clksync ptp nbr-upd-info shows non-zero "Pending PFEs" counter. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC3E: * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S3; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R2-S1, 21.3R3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R2; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R2.
    Added Reference Juniper Networks, Inc. https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75740 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Juniper Networks, Inc. https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Juniper Networks, Inc. CWE-401
    Added CVSS V3.1 Juniper Networks, Inc. AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.14880

percentile

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