CVE-2024-21617 Junos OS: BGP flap on NSR-enabled devices causes memory leak
An adjacent attacker can cause a memory leak and denial of service on Junos OS devices with Nonstop Routing enabled via BGP flaps.
- 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-2024-21617?
CVE-2024-21617 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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
An Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Nonstop active routing (NSR) component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause memory leak leading to Denial of Service (DoS).
On all Junos OS platforms, when NSR is enabled, a BGP flap will cause memory leak. A manual reboot of the system will restore the services.
Note: NSR is not supported on the SRX Series and is therefore not affected by this vulnerability. The memory usage can be monitored using the below commands.
user@host> show chassis routing-engine no-forwarding user@host> show system memory | no-more This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S2; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S2; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2.
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R3-S7.
Weakness: CWE-459
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21617?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21617?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-21617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21617 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-mmpf-h3x8-v558.