Improper validation of syntactic correctness of input in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2024-21598
Published: April 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88449
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21598
CWE-ID: CWE-1286
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of syntactic correctness of input error in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd). A remote non-authenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
If a BGP update is received over an established BGP session which contains a tunnel encapsulation attribute with a specifically malformed TLV, rpd will crash and restart.
Affected software
Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
Junos OS Evolved
How to mitigate CVE-2024-21598
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 20.4R3-S9, 21.2R3-S7, 21.3R3-S5, 21.4R3-S5, 22.1R3-S4, 22.2R3-S3, 22.3R3-S1, 22.4R3, 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2, 23.4R1
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-S9-EVO, 21.2R3-S7-EVO, 21.3R3-S5-EVO, 21.4R3-S5-EVO, 22.1R3-S4-EVO, 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 22.3R3-S1-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, 23.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO, 23.4R1-EVO
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-S9-EVO, 21.2R3-S7-EVO, 21.3R3-S5-EVO, 21.4R3-S5-EVO, 22.1R3-S4-EVO, 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 22.3R3-S1-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, 23.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO, 23.4R1-EVO