MEDIUM · 6.5

CVE-2024-21609

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series allows an administratively adjacent atta...

Vulnerability Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series allows an administratively adjacent attacker which is able to successfully establish IPsec tunnels to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If specific values for the IPsec parameters local-ip, remote-ip, remote ike-id, and traffic selectors are sent from the peer, a memory leak occurs during every IPsec SA rekey which is carried out with a specific message sequence. This will eventually result in an iked process crash and restart. The iked process memory consumption can be checked using the below command:   user@host> show system processes extensive | grep iked           PID USERNAME   PRI NICE   SIZE   RES   STATE   C TIME WCPU COMMAND           56903 root       31   0     4016M 2543M CPU0   0 2:10 10.50% iked This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7; * 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S2; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2.

CVSS Score

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
JuniperJunos< 20.4
JuniperCsrx-
JuniperMx240-
JuniperMx480-
JuniperMx960-
JuniperSrx100-
JuniperSrx110-
JuniperSrx1400-
JuniperSrx1500-
JuniperSrx1600-
JuniperSrx210-
JuniperSrx220-
JuniperSrx2300-
JuniperSrx240-
JuniperSrx240H2-
JuniperSrx240M-
JuniperSrx300-
JuniperSrx320-
JuniperSrx340-
JuniperSrx3400-

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2024-21609?

CVE-2024-21609 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series allows an administratively adjacent atta...

How severe is CVE-2024-21609?

CVE-2024-21609 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2024-21609?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Juniper Junos, Juniper Csrx, Juniper Mx240, Juniper Mx480, Juniper Mx960.