CVE-2024-47489 Junos OS Evolved: ACX Series: Receipt of specific transit protocol packets is incorrectly processed by the RE
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a partial denial of service on Juniper ACX devices by sending specific transit protocol packets that trigger DDoS protection violations.
- 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-2024-47489?
CVE-2024-47489 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published on 11 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of the Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX Series devices allows an unauthenticated, network based attacker sending specific transit protocol traffic to cause a partial Denial of Service (DoS) to downstream devices.
Receipt of specific transit protocol packets is incorrectly processed by the Routing Engine (RE), filling up the DDoS protection queue which is shared between routing protocols. This influx of transit protocol packets causes DDoS protection violations, resulting in protocol flaps which can affect connectivity to networking devices.
This issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6. This issue does not require any specific routing protocol to be configured or enabled.
The following commands can be used to monitor the DDoS protection queue:
labuser@re0> show evo-pfemand host pkt-stats
labuser@re0> show host-path ddos all-policers
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO.
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47489?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos Os Evolved.
How do I fix CVE-2024-47489?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47489 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-2024-47489 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47489 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos Os Evolved
- CVE-2026-21902 Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: A vulnerability allows a unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root
- CVE-2023-28983 Junos OS Evolved: Shell Injection vulnerability in the gNOI server
- CVE-2025-21599 Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved
- CVE-2024-47502 Junos OS Evolved: TCP session state is not always cleared on the Routing Engine leading to DoS
- CVE-2024-39531 Junos OS Evolved: ACX 7000 Series: Protocol specific DDoS configuration affects other protocols
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3x4w-v43m-f5m7.