CVE detail

CVE-2024-21602 — CVE-2024-21602

Published 2024-01-12 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor juniper · Product junos_os_evolved · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
7.5
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0053
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
42.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7100-32C and ACX7100-48L allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If a specific IPv4 UDP packet is received and sent to the Routing Engine (RE) packetio crashes and restarts which causes a momentary traffic interruption. Continued receipt of such packets will lead to a sustained DoS. This issue does not happen with IPv6 packets. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7100-32C and ACX7100-48L: * 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-S6-EVO; * 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-S5-EVO; * 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO; * 22.3-EVO versions earlier than 22.3R2-EVO. This issue do

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 21.4R3-S6-EVO, 22.1R3-S5-EVO, 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO, 22.3R2-EVO, 22.4R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.

workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved>=21.4-EVO<21.4R3-S6-EVO21.4R3-S6-EVOadvisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved>=22.1-EVO<22.1R3-S5-EVO22.1R3-S5-EVOadvisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved>=22.2-EVO<22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVOadvisory ↗
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved>=22.3-EVO<22.3R2-EVO22.3R2-EVOadvisory ↗

References

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