SB2024071524 - Denial of service in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved rpd
Published: July 15, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024071524
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39549)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to missing release of memory after effective lifetime error in the routing process daemon (rpd). A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a malformed BGP Path attribute update which allocates memory used to log the bad path attribute.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.