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An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jan 12, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 12, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Network Junos OS on MX Series allows a network based attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service.

If a scaled configuration for Source class usage (SCU) / destination class usage (DCU) (more than 10 route classes) is present and the SCU/DCU statistics are gathered by executing specific SNMP requests or CLI commands, a 'vmcore' for the RE kernel will be seen which leads to a device restart. Continued exploitation of this issue will lead to a sustained DoS.

This issue only affects MX Series devices with MPC10, MPC11 or LC9600, and MX304. No other MX Series devices are affected.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS:

  • All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9;
  • 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;
  • 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;
  • 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
  • 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
  • 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R2;
  • 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 12, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 12, 2024
Last updated Jan 12, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.044%
(15th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-21603

GHSA ID

GHSA-f572-5hm8-87qp

Source code

No known source code

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