Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Junos OS Evolved and Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2024-39525

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Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Junos OS Evolved and Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2024-39525

Published: October 11, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98392
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39525
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Junos OS Evolved
Juniper Junos OS

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of exceptional conditions in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) when BGP nexthop traceoptions is enabled. A remote attacker can send a specific BGP packet to cause rpd to crash and restart.

This issue affects iBGP and eBGP, and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-39525

Install updates from vendor's website.

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