CVE-2024-21601

Junos OS: SRX Series: Due to an error in processing TCP events flowd will crash

State
Published
Severity
5.9 Medium
Published
Jan 12, 2024
Updated
Nov 14, 2024
Reserved
Dec 27, 2023

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Description

A Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in the Flow-processing Daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (Dos).

On SRX Series devices when two different threads try to simultaneously process a queue which is used for TCP events flowd will crash. One of these threads can not be triggered externally, so the exploitation of this race condition is outside the attackers direct control.

Continued exploitation of this issue will lead to a sustained DoS.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS:

* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S1; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S1, 22.4R3.

This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.2R1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hjuniper

Weaknesses

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • 21.2 to before 21.2R3-S5Affected
  • 21.3 to before 21.3R3-S5Affected
  • 21.4 to before 21.4R3-S4Affected
  • 22.1 to before 22.1R3-S3Affected
  • 22.2 to before 22.2R3-S1Affected
  • 22.3 to before 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3Affected
  • 22.4 to before 22.4R2-S1, 22.4R3Affected

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