CVE-2024-21616

/// Technical description

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).

On all Junos OS MX Series and SRX Series platforms, when SIP ALG is enabled, and a specific SIP packet is received and processed, NAT IP allocation fails for genuine traffic, which causes Denial of Service (DoS). Continuous receipt of this specific SIP ALG packet will cause a sustained DoS condition.

NAT IP usage can be monitored by running the following command.

user@srx> show security nat resource-usage source-pool <source_pool_name>

Pool name: source_pool_name

..

Address Factor-index Port-range Used Avail Total Usage

X.X.X.X

0 Single Ports 50258 52342 62464 96% <<<<<

- Alg Ports 0 2048 2048 0%

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series

* All versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;

* 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;

* 21.4

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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