SB2024071224 - Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved aftmand



SB2024071224 - Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved aftmand

Published: July 12, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024071224
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39548)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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 uncontrolled resource consumption error in the aftmand process when handling IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote non-authenticated attacker on the local network can consume memory resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.