CVE-2024-39551

high-risk
Published 2024-07-11

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the H.323 ALG (Application Layer Gateway) of  Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC, allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to send specific packets causing traffic loss leading to Denial of Service (DoS).  Continued receipt and processing of these specific packets will sustain the Denial of Service condition. The memory usage can be monitored using the below command.   user@host> show usp memory segment sha data objcache jsf  This issue affects SRX Series and MX Series with SPC3 and MS-MPC/MIC:  *  20.4 before 20.4R3-S10,  *  21.2 before 21.2R3-S6,  *  21.3 before 21.3R3-S5,  *  21.4 before 21.4R3-S6,  *  22.1 before 22.1R3-S4,  *  22.2 before 22.2R3-S2,  *  22.3 before 22.3R3-S1,  *  22.4 before 22.4R3,  *  23.2 before 23.2R2.

Do I need to act?

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0.54% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

58
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 30/34 · Critical