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GHSA-H4G9-RX7V-V6RF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-12 03:30 – Updated: 2024-01-12 03:30

Details

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:

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-21604 (GCVE-0-2024-21604)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 00:54 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:05

Title

Junos OS Evolved: A high rate of specific traffic will cause a complete system outage

Summary

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-08 15:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Denial of Service (DoS)

Assigner

juniper mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75745	vendor-advisory
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.…	technical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Juniper Networks	Junos OS Evolved	Affected: 0 , < 20.4R3-S7-EVO (semver) Affected: 21.2-EVO , < 21.2-EVO (semver) Affected:* 21.4-EVO , < 21.4R3-S5-EVO (semver) Affected: 22.1-EVO , < 22.1R3-S2-EVO (semver) Affected: 22.2-EVO , < 22.2R3-EVO (semver) Affected: 22.3-EVO , < 22.3R2-EVO (semver) Affected: 22.4-EVO , < 22.4R2-EVO (semver)

Date Public

2024-01-10 17:00

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