A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.
Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:
user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in
so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320
so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744
This issue affects:
Junos OS
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.
Junos OS Evolved
* 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
* 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
* 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
This issue does not affect:
Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.
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EUVD-2024-19259 | A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd. Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command: user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320 so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744 This issue affects: Junos OS * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3. Junos OS Evolved * 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO; * 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO; * 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO. This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1. |
Solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 21.4R3, 22.1R3, 22.2R3, 22.3R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 21.4R3-EVO, 22.1R3-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO, 22.3R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround
Although not a workaround, it is advised to monitor the memory utilization proactively and when it reaches 85% of total RE memory, restart rpd or reboot the system.
Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published:
Updated: 2025-06-17T21:09:20.069Z
Reserved: 2023-12-27T19:38:25.709Z
Link: CVE-2024-21611

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:27:35.691Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2024-01-12T01:15:49.263
Modified: 2024-11-21T08:54:43.017
Link: CVE-2024-21611

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