SB2024011220 - Remote denial of service in Juniper Networks Junos OS flowd



SB2024011220 - Remote denial of service in Juniper Networks Junos OS flowd

Published: January 12, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024011220
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21601)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the Flow-processing Daemon (flowd). A remote attacker can send specially crafted TCP packets to the device and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.