CVE-2024-39541 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Inconsistent information in the TE database can lead to an rpd crash
An unauthenticated adjacent attacker can crash the Routing Protocol Daemon by injecting conflicting Traffic Engineering database entries, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2024-39541?
CVE-2024-39541 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 11 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
When conflicting information (IP or ISO addresses) about a node is added to the Traffic Engineering (TE) database and then a subsequent operation attempts to process these, rpd will crash and restart.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S1, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2,
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions earlier than 22.4R1.
Junos OS Evolved:
* 22.4-EVO versions before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, * 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-EVO, * 23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO,
This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than
before 22.4R1.
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39541?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Juniper Junos, Juniper Junos Os Evolved.
How do I fix CVE-2024-39541?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39541 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-2024-39541 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39541 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-55rx-w9v4-hwvv.