Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2024 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2024-47501Junos OS: MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600, and EX9200 with EX9200-15C: In a VPLS or Junos Fusion scenario specific show commands cause FPCs to crash

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600, and EX9200 with EX9200-15C allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In a VPLS or Junos Fusion scenario, the execution of specific show commands will cause all FPCs hosting VPLS sessions or connecting to satellites to crash and restart. This issue affects Junos on MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600 and EX9200 with EX9200-15C: * All version before 21.2R3-S1, * 21.3 versions before 21.3R3, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R2.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	0 – before 21.2R3-S121.3 – before 21.3R321.4 – before 21.4R2

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA88131 vendor-advisory