CVE-2024-21599 Junos OS: MX Series: MPC3E memory leak with PTP configuration
An adjacent attacker can cause a denial of service on Juniper MX Series routers by sending PTP packets to unsupported MPC3E cards, triggering a memory leak.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-21599?
CVE-2024-21599 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 12 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
If an MX Series device receives PTP packets on an MPC3E that doesn't support PTP this causes a memory leak which will result in unpredictable behavior and ultimately in an MPC crash and restart.
To monitor for this issue, please use the following FPC vty level commands:
show heap shows an increase in "LAN buffer" utilization and
show clksync ptp nbr-upd-info shows non-zero "Pending PFEs" counter.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC3E:
* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S3; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R2-S1, 21.3R3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R2; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R2.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21599?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21599?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21599 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-21599 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21599 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos
- CVE-2023-36845 Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification
- CVE-2020-1631 Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal
- CVE-2025-21590 Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
- CVE-2023-36851 Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2023-36844 Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw7f-949h-594r.