CVE-2024-21594

Junos OS: SRX 5000 Series: Repeated execution of a specific CLI command causes a flowd crash

Published Jan 12, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Network Services Daemon (NSD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows authenticated, low privileged, local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

On an SRX 5000 Series device, when executing a specific command repeatedly, memory is corrupted, which leads to a Flow Processing Daemon (flowd) crash.

The NSD process has to be restarted to restore services.

If this issue occurs, it can be checked with the following command:

user@host> request security policies check
The following log message can also be observed:

Error: policies are out of sync for PFE node<number>.fpc<number>.pic<number>.
This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX 5000 Series



* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S6;
* 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S5;
* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S4;
* 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S3;
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S3;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S1;
* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3;
* 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.






Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 20.4R3-S6, 21.1R3-S5, 21.2R3-S4, 21.3R3-S3, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S3, 22.1R3-S1, 22.2R3, 22.3R2, 22.4R1, 22.4R2, 23.1R1, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-19242 A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Network Services Daemon (NSD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows authenticated, low privileged, local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On an SRX 5000 Series device, when executing a specific command repeatedly, memory is corrupted, which leads to a Flow Processing Daemon (flowd) crash. The NSD process has to be restarted to restore services. If this issue occurs, it can be checked with the following command: user@host> request security policies check The following log message can also be observed: Error: policies are out of sync for PFE node<number>.fpc<number>.pic<number>. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX 5000 Series * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S4; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S1; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Jun 3, 2025, 2:05 PM
Reserved
Dec 27, 2023, 7:38 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 12, 2024, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:09 AM