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CVE-2024-39550

Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
11/07/2024
Last modified:
04/09/2025

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the rtlogd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3 allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger internal events cause ( which can be done by repeated port flaps) to cause a slow memory leak, ultimately leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). <br /> <br /> Memory can only be recovered by manually restarting rtlogd process. <br /> The memory usage can be monitored using the below command.<br /> <br />     user@host&gt; show system processes extensive | match rtlog <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3 line card: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * from 21.2R3 before 21.2R3-S8, <br /> * from 21.4R2 before 21.4R3-S6, <br /> * from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5, <br /> * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3, <br /> * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2, <br /> * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S1, <br /> * from 23.2 before 23.2R2, <br /> * from 23.4 before 23.4R2.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:U CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/R:U

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): High
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Recovery (R): User

Base Score 4.0
7.10
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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