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medium 6.5

CVE-2024-39553 json

Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of arbitrary data when sampling service is enabled, leads to partial Denial of Service (DoS).

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-38079

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in the sampling service of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send arbitrary data to the device, which leads msvcsd process to crash with limited availability impacting Denial of Service (DoS) and allows unauthorized network access to the device, potentially impacting system integrity.

This issue only happens when inline jflow is configured.

This does not impact any forwarding traffic. The impacted services MSVCS-DB app crashes momentarily and recovers by itself.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved:  * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S7-EVO;  * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3-EVO; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2-EVO; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R3-EVO; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO.

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.4R3-S7-EVO, 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 22.3R3-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO, 23.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO
  • juniper junos_os_evolved 21.4r3-s7, 22.2r3-s3, 22.3r3-s2, 22.4r3, 23.23r1-s2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/R:A
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:A/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
  • juniper junos_os_evolved

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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