CVE-2024-21603 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Networks Junos OS
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Description
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Network Junos OS on MX Series allows a network based attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service.
If a scaled configuration for Source class usage (SCU) / destination class usage (DCU) (more than 10 route classes) is present and the SCU/DCU statistics are gathered by executing specific SNMP requests or CLI commands, a 'vmcore' for the RE kernel will be seen which leads to a device restar…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages2 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-f572-5hm8-87qp: An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Network Junos OS on MX Series allows a network based at↗2024-01-12
CVEList▶
Junos OS: MX Series: Gathering statistics in a scaled SCU/DCU configuration will lead to a device crash↗2024-01-12
📋Vendor Advisories
1Juniper▶
CVE-2024-21603:
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Network Junos OS on MX Series allows a network based a↗2024-01-12