SB2024011119 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Junos OS Evolved and Juniper Junos OS

Security Bulletin ID SB2024011119

CSH Severity

Medium

Patch available

YES

Number of vulnerabilities 1

Exploitation vector Remote access

Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low
Medium
High
Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21611)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to missing release of memory after effective lifetime error in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd). A remote non-authenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2024-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-In-a-jflow-scenario-continuous-route-churn-will-cause-a-memory-leak-and-eventually-an-rpd-crash-CVE-2024-21611