Vulnerability · Published Apr 12, 2024 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2024-21598Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A malformed BGP tunnel encapsulation attribute will lead to an rpd crash

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Junos OS from Juniper Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to 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. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: * 20.4 versions 20.4R1 and later versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * 20.4-EVO versions 20.4R1-EVO and later versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9-EVO; * 21.2-EVO versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7-EVO; * 21.3-EVO versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5-EVO; * 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5-EVO; * 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4-EVO; * 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3-EVO; * 22.3-EVO versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1-EVO; * 22.4-EVO versions earlier than 22.4R3-EVO; * 23.2-EVO versions earlier than 23.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO; This issue does not affect Juniper Networks * Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R1; * Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 20.4R1-EVO. This is a related but separate issue than the one described in JSA79095.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.4 – before 20.4R3-S921.2 – before 21.2R3-S721.3 – before 21.3R3-S521.4 – before 21.4R3-S522.1 – before 22.1R3-S422.2 – before 22.2R3-S322.3 – before 22.3R3-S122.4 – before 22.4R3
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.4-EVO – before 20.4R3-S9-EVO21.2-EVO – before 21.2R3-S7-EVO21.3-EVO – before 21.3R3-S5-EVO21.4-EVO – before 21.4R3-S5-EVO22.1-EVO – before 22.1R3-S4-EVO22.2-EVO – before 22.2R3-S3-EVO22.3-EVO – before 22.3R3-S1-EVO22.4-EVO – before 22.4R3-EVO

Weakness: CWE-1286 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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