CVE-2024-47501

Summary

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the

packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600, and EX9200 with EX9200-15C allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

In a VPLS or Junos Fusion scenario, the execution of specific show commands will cause all FPCs hosting VPLS sessions or connecting to satellites to crash and restart.

This issue affects Junos on MX304, MX with MPC10/11/LC9600 and EX9200 with EX9200-15C: 

  • All version before 21.2R3-S1,
  • 21.3 versions before 21.3R3, 
  • 21.4 versions before 21.4R2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS0 < 21.2R3-S1affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.3 < 21.3R3affected
Juniper NetworksJunos OS21.4 < 21.4R2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-476: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Workarounds

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

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References