CVE-2024-21585 Information

Description

An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in BGP session processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker using specific timing outside the attacker’s control to flap BGP sessions and cause the routing protocol daemon (rpd) process to crash and restart leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Continued BGP session flapping will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

This issue only affects routers configured with non-stop routing (NSR) enabled. Graceful Restart (GR) helper mode enabled by default is also required for this issue to be exploitable.

When the BGP session flaps on the NSR-enabled router the device enters GR-helper/LLGR-helper mode due to the peer having negotiated GR/LLGR-restarter capability and the backup BGP requests for replication of the GR/LLGR-helper session master BGP schedules and initiates replication of GR/LLGR stale routes to the backup BGP. In this state if the BGP session with the BGP peer comes up again unsolicited replication is initiated for the peer without cleaning up the ongoing GR/LLGR-helper mode replication. This parallel two instances of replication for the same peer leads to the assert if the BGP session flaps again.

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-S5;
22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4;
22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;
22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1;
22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2 22.4R3;
23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S1 23.2R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

All versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5-EVO;
21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5-EVO;
22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4-EVO;
22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3-EVO;
22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S1-EVO;
22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2-EVO 22.4R3-EVO;
23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S1-EVO 23.2R2-EVO.

Reference

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75723 https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/MX-GR-and-LLGR-capability-and-compatibility-changes-after-15-1-release