Resource exhaustion in Junos OS - CVE-2024-47497
Published: October 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98407
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-2024-47497
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the httpd daemon. A remote attacker can initiate specific HTTP connections with the device, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Junos OS
How to mitigate CVE-2024-47497
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 21.4R3-S7, 22.2R3-S4, 22.3R3-S3, 22.4R3-S2, 23.2R2-S1, 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1