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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2024-47491 json

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specific malformed BGP path attribute leads to an RPD crash

published 2024-10-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-42496

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).

When a BGP UPDATE with malformed path attribute is received over an established BGP session, rpd crashes and restarts.

Continuous receipt of a BGP UPDATE with a specifically malformed path attribute will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition for impacted devices. While this issue affects systems running 32-bit and 64-bit systems, the probability of impact on 64-bit system is extremely low.  According to KB25803 https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/Junos-How-to-check-if-Junos-OS-is-64-or-32-bit-on-a-router , customers can confirm 32-bit or 64-bit system via the ' show version detail ' command:

lab@router> show version detail| match 32      JUNOS 32-bit kernel Software Suite

lab@router> show version detail| match 64      JUNOS 64-bit kernel Software Suite

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS:

* All versions before 21.4R3-S8,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved:  * All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-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 21.4R3-S8, 22.2R3-S4, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S1, 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2
  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.4R3-S8-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.4R3-S3-EVO, 23.2R2-S1-EVO, 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO
  • juniper junos 21.4r3-s8, 22.2r3-s4, 22.4r3-s3, 23.2r2-s1, 23.4r1-s2, 23.4r2
  • juniper junos_evolved 21.4r3-s8-evo, 22.2r3-s4-evo, 22.4r3-s3-evo, 23.2r2-s1-evo, 23.4r1-s2-evo, 23.4r2-evo

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
CNA 4.0 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
  • juniper junos
  • juniper junos_evolved

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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