CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-30378

Use After Free

Published: Apr 16, 2024 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A Use After Free vulnerability in command processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows a local, authenticated attacker to cause the broadband edge service manager daemon (bbe-smgd) to crash upon execution of specific CLI commands, creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.  The process crashes and restarts automatically.

When specific CLI commands are executed, the bbe-smgd daemon attempts to write into an area of memory (mgd socket) that was already closed, causing the process to crash.  This process manages and controls the configuration of broadband subscriber sessions and services.  While the process is unavailable, additional subscribers will not be able to connect to the device, causing a temporary Denial of Service condition.

This issue only occurs if Graceful Routing Engine Switchover (GRES) and Subscriber Management are enabled. This issue affects Junos OS:

  • All versions before 20.4R3-S5,
  • from 21.1 before 21.1R3-S4,
  • from 21.2 before 21.2R3-S3,
  • from 21.3 before 21.3R3-S5,
  • from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5,
  • from 22.1 before 22.1R3,
  • from 22.2 before 22.2R3,
  • from 22.3 before 22.3R2;

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Junos Juniper * 20.4 (excluding)
Junos Juniper 20.4 (including) 20.4 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r1 (including) 20.4-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r1-s1 (including) 20.4-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r2 (including) 20.4-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r2-s1 (including) 20.4-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r2-s2 (including) 20.4-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r3 (including) 20.4-r3 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r3-s1 (including) 20.4-r3-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r3-s2 (including) 20.4-r3-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r3-s3 (including) 20.4-r3-s3 (including)
Junos Juniper 20.4-r3-s4 (including) 20.4-r3-s4 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1 (including) 21.1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r1 (including) 21.1-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r1-s1 (including) 21.1-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r2 (including) 21.1-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r2-s1 (including) 21.1-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r2-s2 (including) 21.1-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r3 (including) 21.1-r3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r3-s1 (including) 21.1-r3-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r3-s2 (including) 21.1-r3-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.1-r3-s3 (including) 21.1-r3-s3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2 (including) 21.2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r1 (including) 21.2-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r1-s1 (including) 21.2-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r1-s2 (including) 21.2-r1-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r2 (including) 21.2-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r2-s1 (including) 21.2-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r2-s2 (including) 21.2-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r3 (including) 21.2-r3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r3-s1 (including) 21.2-r3-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.2-r3-s2 (including) 21.2-r3-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3 (including) 21.3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r1 (including) 21.3-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r1-s1 (including) 21.3-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r1-s2 (including) 21.3-r1-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r2 (including) 21.3-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r2-s1 (including) 21.3-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r2-s2 (including) 21.3-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r3 (including) 21.3-r3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r3-s1 (including) 21.3-r3-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r3-s2 (including) 21.3-r3-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r3-s3 (including) 21.3-r3-s3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.3-r3-s4 (including) 21.3-r3-s4 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4 (including) 21.4 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r1 (including) 21.4-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r1-s1 (including) 21.4-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r1-s2 (including) 21.4-r1-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r2 (including) 21.4-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r2-s1 (including) 21.4-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r2-s2 (including) 21.4-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r3 (including) 21.4-r3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r3-s1 (including) 21.4-r3-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r3-s2 (including) 21.4-r3-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r3-s3 (including) 21.4-r3-s3 (including)
Junos Juniper 21.4-r3-s4 (including) 21.4-r3-s4 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1 (including) 22.1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1-r1 (including) 22.1-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1-r1-s1 (including) 22.1-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1-r1-s2 (including) 22.1-r1-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1-r2 (including) 22.1-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1-r2-s1 (including) 22.1-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.1-r2-s2 (including) 22.1-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2 (including) 22.2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2-r1 (including) 22.2-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2-r1-s1 (including) 22.2-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2-r1-s2 (including) 22.2-r1-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2-r2 (including) 22.2-r2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2-r2-s1 (including) 22.2-r2-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.2-r2-s2 (including) 22.2-r2-s2 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.3 (including) 22.3 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.3-r1 (including) 22.3-r1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.3-r1-s1 (including) 22.3-r1-s1 (including)
Junos Juniper 22.3-r1-s2 (including) 22.3-r1-s2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References