CVE-2024-39516

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: With certain BGP options enabled, receipt of specifically malformed BGP update causes RPD crash

Description

An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker sending a specifically malformed BGP packet to cause rpd to crash and restart, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects systems configured in either of two ways: * systems with BGP traceoptions enabled * systems with BGP traffic engineering configured This issue can affect iBGP and eBGP with any address family configured. The specific attribute involved is non-transitive, and will not propagate across a network. This issue affects: Junos OS:  * All versions before 21.4R3-S8, * 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,  * 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4,  * 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3,  * 23.2 before 23.2R2-S2,  * 23.4 before 23.4R2;  Junos OS Evolved:  * All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,  * 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,  * 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO,  * 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S3-EVO,  * 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO,  * 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-EVO.

Remediation

Solution:

  • The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 21.4R3-S8, 22.2R3-S5*, 22.3R3-S4*, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 21.4R3-S8-EVO, 22.2R3-S5-EVO*, 22.3R3-S4-EVO*, 22.4R3-S3-EVO, 23.2R2-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, 24.2R1-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO, 24.4R1-EVO*, and all subsequent releases. *Future release

Workaround:

  • If BGP traceoptions are enabled, and traffic engineering is not configured, disable BGP traceoptions if they are not being used for active troubleshooting.

Category

8.7
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 4.0 •
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.21%
Vendor Advisory juniper.net
Affected: Juniper Networks Junos OS
Affected: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-39516?
CVE-2024-39516 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-39516?
To fix CVE-2024-39516: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 21.4R3-S8, 22.2R3-S5*, 22.3R3-S4*, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 21.4R3-S8-EVO, 22.2R3-S5-EVO*, 22.3R3-S4-EVO*, 22.4R3-S3-EVO, 23.2R2-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, 24.2R1-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO, 24.4R1-EVO*, and all subsequent releases. *Future release
Is CVE-2024-39516 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-39516 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-39516?
CVE-2024-39516 affects Juniper Networks Junos OS, Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved.
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