CVE-2024-21613

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A link flap causes patroot memory leak which leads to rpd crash

Published Jan 12, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an rpd crash, leading to Denial of Service (DoS).

On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, when traffic engineering is enabled for OSPF or ISIS, and a link flaps, a patroot memory leak is observed. This memory leak, over time, will lead to an rpd crash and restart.

The memory usage can be monitored using the below command.

user@host> show task memory detail | match patroot
This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS



* All versions earlier than 21.2R3-S3;
* 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S3;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.




Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved



* All versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5-EVO;
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.






Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 21.2R3-S3, 21.3R3-S5, 21.4R3-S3, 22.1R3, 22.2R3, 22.3R1 and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 21.3R3-S5-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO, 22.1R3-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO, 22.3R1-EVO, 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-2024-19261 A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an rpd crash, leading to Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, when traffic engineering is enabled for OSPF or ISIS, and a link flaps, a patroot memory leak is observed. This memory leak, over time, will lead to an rpd crash and restart. The memory usage can be monitored using the below command. user@host> show task memory detail | match patroot This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions earlier than 21.2R3-S3; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved * All versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5-EVO; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Jun 17, 2025, 9:09 PM
Reserved
Dec 27, 2023, 7:38 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 12, 2024, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:09 AM