Resource exhaustion in Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2024-39548
Published: July 12, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94187
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39548
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Junos OS Evolved
Junos OS Evolved
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-39548
Install updates from vendor's website.