CVE-2024-39540

Summary

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, and MX Series with SPC3 allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

When an affected device receives specific valid TCP traffic, the pfe crashes and restarts leading to a momentary but complete service outage.

This issue affects Junos OS:

21.2 releases from 21.2R3-S5 before 21.2R3-S6.

This issue does not affect earlier or later releases.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.2R3-S5 < 21.2R3-S6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-754: CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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