cve/2024/CVE-2024-21616.md

CVE-2024-21616

Description

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).On all Junos OS MX Series and SRX Series platforms, when SIP ALG is enabled, and a specific SIP packet is received and processed, NAT IP allocation fails for genuine traffic, which causes Denial of Service (DoS). Continuous receipt of this specific SIP ALG packet will cause a sustained DoS condition.NAT IP usage can be monitored by running the following command.user@srx> show security nat resource-usage source-pool <source_pool_name>Pool name: source_pool_name..Address Factor-index Port-range Used Avail Total UsageX.X.X.X0 Single Ports 50258 52342 62464 96% <<<<<- Alg Ports 0 2048 2048 0%This issue affects:Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and SRX Series * All versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S1, 23.2R2.

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Github

• https://github.com/HuzaifaPatel/houdini