CVE-2024-39551

/// Technical description

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the H.323 ALG (Application Layer Gateway) of  Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC, allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specific packets causing traffic loss leading to Denial of Service (DoS). 

Continued receipt and processing of these specific packets will sustain the Denial of Service condition.

The memory usage can be monitored using the below command.

  user@host> show usp memory segment sha data objcache jsf 

This issue affects SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC: 

*  20.4 before 20.4R3-S10, 

*  21.2 before 21.2R3-S6, 

*  21.3 before 21.3R3-S5, 

*  21.4 before 21.4R3-S6, 

*  22.1 before 22.1R3-S4, 

*  22.2 before 22.2R3-S2, 

*  22.3 before 22.3R3-S1, 

*  22.4 before 22.4R3, 

*  23.2 before 23.2R2.

/// 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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