Denial of service in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved BGP multipath support

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU94190

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39554

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) when BGP multipath is enabled. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the device and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Junos OS Evolved: 21.4R1-EVO - 23.2R1-S2-EVO

Juniper Junos OS: 21.2R1 - 23.4R1-S2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:22.3R3-S1-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:22.1R3-S4-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:21.4R3-S5-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:22.2R3-S2-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:23.2R1-S1-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:23.2R1-S2-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:22.4R2-S1-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved:22.4R2-S2-EVO:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.1R3-S4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.1R3-J1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:21.4R3-S5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.3R3-S1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.2R3-S2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:21.2R3-S6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:23.4R1-S1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:23.4R1-S2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:23.2R1-S1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:23.2R1-S2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:23.2R2-S1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.4R2-S2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.4R3-S1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:juniper_networks:juniper_junos_os:22.4R3-S2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83014

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.