High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-21595
CVE-2024-21595
Description
An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
If an attacker sends high rate of specific ICMP traffic to a device with VXLAN configured, this causes a deadlock of the PFE and results in the device becoming unresponsive. A manual restart will be required to recover the device.
This issue only affects EX4100, EX4400, EX4600, QFX5000 Series devices.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
- 21.4R3 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4;
- 22.1R3 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3;
- 22.2R2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S1;
- 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
- 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2;
- 23.1 versions earlier than 23.1R2.
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Affected products
24cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 23 more
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 21.4R3 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S4; 22.1R3 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3; 22.2R2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S1; 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3; 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2; 23.1 versions earlier than 23.1R2
- (no CPE)range: 21.4R3
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References
2- advisory.juniper.net/JSA75734nvdVendor Advisory
- www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0nvdThird Party Advisory
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