CVE-2024-21617

Junos OS: BGP flap on NSR-enabled devices causes memory leak

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

An Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Nonstop active routing (NSR) component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause memory leak leading to Denial of Service (DoS).

On all Junos OS platforms, when NSR is enabled, a BGP flap will cause memory leak. A manual reboot of the system will restore the services.

Note: NSR is not supported on the SRX Series and is therefore not affected by this vulnerability.
The memory usage can be monitored using the below commands.

user@host> show chassis routing-engine no-forwarding
user@host> show system memory | no-more
This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS



* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S5;
* 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S4;
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S2;
* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S2;
* 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3;
* 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2.




This issue does not affect Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R3-S7.



Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 21.2R3-S5, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S4, 22.1R3-S2, 22.2R3-S2, 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3, 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2, 23.2R1, 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-2024-19265 An Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Nonstop active routing (NSR) component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause memory leak leading to Denial of Service (DoS). On all Junos OS platforms, when NSR is enabled, a BGP flap will cause memory leak. A manual reboot of the system will restore the services. Note: NSR is not supported on the SRX Series and is therefore not affected by this vulnerability. The memory usage can be monitored using the below commands. user@host> show chassis routing-engine no-forwarding user@host> show system memory | no-more This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S5; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S4; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S2; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S2; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2. This issue does not affect Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R3-S7.
History
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', '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