CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-21604
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-01-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
If a high rate of specific valid packets are processed by the routing engine (RE) this will lead to a loss of connectivity of the RE with other components of the chassis and thereby a complete and persistent system outage. Please note that a carefully designed lo0 firewall filter will block or limit these packets which should prevent this issue from occurring.
The following log messages can be seen when this issue occurs:
<host> kernel: nf_conntrack: nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S7-EVO;
* 21.2R1-EVO and later versions;
* 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5-EVO;
* 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-S2-EVO;
* 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO;
* 22.3-EVO versions earlier than 22.3R2-EVO;
* 22.4-EVO versions earlier than 22.4R2-EVO.
Affected configurations
• juniper junos os evolved 21.2
• juniper junos os evolved 21.4
• juniper junos os evolved 22.1
• juniper junos os evolved 22.2
• juniper junos os evolved 22.3
• juniper junos os evolved 22.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75745 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L Third Party Advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75745 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L Third Party Advisory