vulnerability
Juniper Junos OS: 2024-01 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: SRX Series: flowd will crash when "tcp-encap" is enabled and specific packets are received (JSA75747) (CVE-2024-21606)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 10, 2024 | Jan 11, 2024 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Description
A Double Free vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
In a remote access VPN scenario, if a "tcp-encap-profile" is configured and a sequence of specific packets is received, a flowd crash and restart will be observed.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series:
* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8;
* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;
* 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3;
* 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.
Solution
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