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CVE-2024-21609


A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series allows an administratively adjacent attacker which is able to successfully establish IPsec tunnels to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If specific values for the IPsec parameters local-ip, remote-ip, remote ike-id, and traffic selectors are sent from the peer, a memory leak occurs during every IPsec SA rekey which is carried out with a specific message sequence. This will eventually result in an iked process crash and restart. The iked process memory consumption can be checked using the below command:   user@host> show system processes extensive | grep iked           PID USERNAME   PRI NICE   SIZE   RES   STATE   C TIME WCPU COMMAND           56903 root       31   0     4016M 2543M CPU0   0 2:10 10.50% iked 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-S4; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S2; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3; * 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions earlier than 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it requires adjacent network access with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 38 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper and 35 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2024-04-12T15:15:23.770

Last Modified

2025-04-10T20:44:13.873

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-401
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System juniper junos < 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Hardware juniper csrx - No
Hardware juniper mx240 - No
Hardware juniper mx480 - No
Hardware juniper mx960 - No
Hardware juniper srx100 - No
Hardware juniper srx110 - No
Hardware juniper srx1400 - No
Hardware juniper srx1500 - No
Hardware juniper srx1600 - No
Hardware juniper srx210 - No
Hardware juniper srx220 - No
Hardware juniper srx2300 - No
Hardware juniper srx240 - No
Hardware juniper srx240h2 - No
Hardware juniper srx240m - No
Hardware juniper srx300 - No
Hardware juniper srx320 - No
Hardware juniper srx340 - No
Hardware juniper srx3400 - No
Hardware juniper srx345 - No
Hardware juniper srx3600 - No
Hardware juniper srx380 - No
Hardware juniper srx4000 - No
Hardware juniper srx4100 - No
Hardware juniper srx4200 - No
Hardware juniper srx4300 - No
Hardware juniper srx4600 - No
Hardware juniper srx4700 - No
Hardware juniper srx5000 - No
Hardware juniper srx5400 - No
Hardware juniper srx550 - No
Hardware juniper srx550_hm - No
Hardware juniper srx550m - No
Hardware juniper srx5600 - No
Hardware juniper srx5800 - No
Hardware juniper srx650 - No
Hardware juniper vsrx - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For juniper's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.