CVE-2024-47509

Junos OS Evolved: Specific low privileged CLI commands and SNMP GET requests can trigger a resource leak #3

Description

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated, network-based attacker to cause an FPC crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).When specific SNMP GET operations or specific low-priviledged CLI commands are executed, a GUID resource leak will occur, eventually leading to exhaustion and resulting in FPCs to hang. Affected FPCs need to be manually restarted to recover. GUID exhaustion will trigger a syslog message like one of the following: evo-pfemand[<pid>]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... evo-aftmand-zx[<pid>]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... The leak can be monitored by running the following command and taking note of the values in the rightmost column labeled Guids: user@host> show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand/evo-pfemand In case one or more of these values are constantly increasing the leak is happening. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 21.4R2-EVO, * 22.1 versions before 22.1R2-EVO. Please note that this issue is similar to, but different from CVE-2024-47505 and CVE-2024-47508.

Remediation

Solution:

  • The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO, 22.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.

Workaround:

  • There are no known workarounds for this issue. To reduce the risk of exploitation of this issue, use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to only trusted networks, hosts and users.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 4.0 •
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.20%
Vendor Advisory juniper.net
Affected: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://supportportal.juniper.net/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-47509?
CVE-2024-47509 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-47509?
To fix CVE-2024-47509: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO, 22.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.
Is CVE-2024-47509 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-47509 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-2024-47509?
CVE-2024-47509 affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved.
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