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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-39549 json

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of malformed BGP path attributes leads to a memory leak

published 2024-07-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-38075

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing process daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker to send a malformed BGP Path attribute update which allocates memory used to log the bad path attribute. This memory is not properly freed in all circumstances, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Consumed memory can be freed by manually restarting Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd).

Memory utilization could be monitored by:  user@host> show system memory or show system monitor memory status

This issue affects:

Junos OS:  * All versions before 21.2R3-S8,  * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S8,

* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2.

Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3-EVO,

* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.2R3-S8, 21.4R3-S8, 22.2R3-S4, 22.3R3-S3, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S1, 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2
  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.2R3-S8-EVO, 21.4R3-S8-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-S3-EVO, 23.2R2-S1-EVO, 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO
  • juniper junos_os 21.2R3-S8, 21.4R3-S8, 22.2R3-S4, 22.3R3-S3, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S1, 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2, 24.2R2
  • juniper junos_os_evolved 21.2R3-S8-EVO, 21.4R3-S8-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-S3-EVO, 23.2R2-S1-EVO, 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/R:U
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:U/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
  • juniper junos_os
  • juniper junos_os_evolved

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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