CVE-2024-30409 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Higher CPU consumption on routing engine leads to Denial of Service (DoS).

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can crash the telemetry daemon, causing a limited denial of service on Juniper Junos OS devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-30409?

CVE-2024-30409 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 12 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in telemetry processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network-based authenticated attacker to cause the forwarding information base telemetry daemon (fibtd) to crash, leading to a limited Denial of Service. 

This issue affects Juniper Networks

Junos OS: * from 22.1 before 22.1R1-S2, 22.1R2.

Junos OS Evolved:  * from 22.1 before 22.1R1-S2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO.

Weakness: CWE-754

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30409?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Juniper Junos, Juniper Junos Os Evolved.

How do I fix CVE-2024-30409?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30409 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-2024-30409 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Juniper Junos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-474g-v543-635g.

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