CVE-2024-39552

/// Technical description

An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network based, unauthenticated attacker to cause the RPD process to crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

When a malformed BGP UPDATE packet is received over an established BGP session, RPD crashes and restarts.

Continuous receipt of the malformed BGP UPDATE messages will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition for impacted devices.

This issue affects eBGP and iBGP, in both IPv4 and IPv6 implementations. This issue requires a remote attacker to have at least one established BGP session.

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS:

* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9;

* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7;

* 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;

* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S6;

* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4;

* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;

* 22.3 versions ea

/// 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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