CVE-2024-21606

HIGH

Juniper Junos OS SRX Series DoS via Flow Processing Daemon Double Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In a remote access VPN scenario, if a "tcp-encap-profile" is configured and a sequence of specific packets is received, a flowd crash and restart will be observed. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series: * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0056
EPSS Percentile 41.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (4)
juniper/junos 20.4 (14 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.2 (13 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.3 (12 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.4 (11 CPE variants)
Published Jan 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026