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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-21599

CVE-2024-21599

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

If an MX Series device receives PTP packets on an MPC3E that doesn't support PTP this causes a memory leak which will result in unpredictable behavior and ultimately in an MPC crash and restart.

To monitor for this issue, please use the following FPC vty level commands:

show heap shows an increase in "LAN buffer" utilization and

show clksync ptp nbr-upd-info shows non-zero "Pending PFEs" counter.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC3E:

  • All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S3;
  • 21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S4;
  • 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3;
  • 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R2-S1, 21.3R3;
  • 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R2;
  • 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R2.

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Affected products

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  • Juniper Networks/Junos40 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 39 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 0
  • Juniper Networks/Junos OS on MX Seriesllm-create
    Range: <20.4R3-S3, <21.1R3-S4, <21.2R3, <21.3R2-S1, <21.3R3, <21.4R2, <22.1R2
  • Juniper Networks/MX Seriesllm-fuzzy
    Range: <20.4R3-S3, <21.1R3-S4, <21.2R3, <21.3R2-S1, <21.3R3, <21.4R2, <22.1R2

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