An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX4300 Series allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial-of-Service (Dos).

If a specific CLI command is issued, a PFE crash will occur. This will cause traffic forwarding to be interrupted until the system self-recovers. 

This issue affects Junos OS: 

• All versions before 20.4R3-S10,
• 21.2 versions before 21.2R3-S7,
• 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S6.

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 20.4R3-S10, 21.2R3-S7, 21.4R3-S6, and all subsequent releases of these branches.

This issue is being tracked as 1774634 which is visible on the Customer Support website.

Note: Juniper SIRT's policy is not to evaluate releases which are beyond End of Engineering (EOE) or End of Life (EOL).

2024-04-10 - Initial Publication
2024-09-13: Minor formatting change to CVSS field

• KB16613: Overview of the Juniper Networks SIRT Quarterly Security Bulletin Publication Process [juniper.net]
• KB16765: In which releases are vulnerabilities fixed? [juniper.net]
• KB16446: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Juniper's Security Advisories [juniper.net]
• Report a Security Vulnerability - How to Contact the Juniper Networks Security Incident Response Team
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30384