CVE-2024-21602

Junos OS Evolved: ACX7024, ACX7100-32C and ACX7100-48L: Traffic stops when a specific IPv4 UDP packet is received by the RE

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Jan 12, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2025
Reserved: Dec 27, 2023

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Description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7100-32C and ACX7100-48L allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

If a specific IPv4 UDP packet is received and sent to the Routing Engine (RE) packetio crashes and restarts which causes a momentary traffic interruption. Continued receipt of such packets will lead to a sustained DoS.

This issue does not happen with IPv6 packets.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX7024, ACX7100-32C and ACX7100-48L:

* 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-S6-EVO; * 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-S5-EVO; * 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO; * 22.3-EVO versions earlier than 22.3R2-EVO.

This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1-EVO.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	juniper

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Junos OS EvolvedJuniper Networks	21.4-EVO to before 21.4R3-S6-EVOAffected 22.1-EVO to before 22.1R3-S5-EVOAffected 22.2-EVO to before 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVOAffected 22.3-EVO to before 22.3R2-EVOAffected

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75743vendor-advisory
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Ltechnical-description

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