Medium severity · published Oct 11, 2024
CVE-2024-47489
Junos OS Evolved: ACX Series: Receipt of specific transit protocol packets is incorrectly processed by the RE
5.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of the Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX Series devices allows an unauthenticated, network based attacker sending specific transit protocol traffic to cause a partial Denial of Service (DoS) to downstream devices. Receipt of specific transit protocol packets is incorrectly processed by the Routing Engine (RE), filling up the DDoS protection queue which is shared between routing protocols. This influx of transit protocol packets causes DDoS protection violations, resulting in protocol flaps which can affect connectivity to networking devices. This issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. This issue does not require any specific routing protocol to be configured or enabled. The following commands can be used to monitor the DDoS protection queue:        labuser@re0> show evo-pfemand host pkt-stats     labuser@re0> show host-path ddos all-policers This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:  * All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4-EVO,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3-EVO,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS Evolved · Juniper Networks
before 21.4R3-S8-EVO; 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO; 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4-EVO; 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3-EVO; 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO; 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO; +1 more · source: vendor, NVD
JE
Junos Evolved · Juniper
before 21.4r3-s8-evo; 22.2 before 22.2r3-s4-evo; 22.3 before 22.3r3-s4-evo; 22.4 before 22.4r3-s3-evo; 23.2 before 23.2r2-evo; 23.4 before 23.4r1-s1-evo; +1 more · source: CISA
Affected product
JO
Junos OS Evolved
Juniper Networks
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