Junos OS: SRX Series: If a specific request is processed by the DNS subsystem flowd will crash

An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the DNS module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

If an SRX Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered.

This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:

• 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5,
• 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1,
• 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.

This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1.