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CVE-2024-39557

Junos OS Evolved: MAC table changes cause a memory leak

7.1 High

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the

Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald)

of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually exhausting all system memory, leading to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

Certain MAC table updates cause a small amount of memory to leak.  Once memory utilization reaches its limit, the issue will result in a system crash and restart.

To identify the issue, execute the CLI command:

user@device> show platform application-info allocations app l2ald-agent EVL Object Allocation Statistics:

Node   Application     Context Name                               Live   Allocs   Fails     Guids re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::L2Rtinfo       1069096 1069302   0         1069302 re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::NHOpaqueTlv     114     195       0         195

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:

  • All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,

  • from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,

  • from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,

  • from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,

  • from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Up 0.2 points since Jul 11, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

Junos OS Evolved: MAC table changes cause a memory leak

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the

Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald)

of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually exhausting all system memory, leading to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

Certain MAC table updates cause a small amount of memory to leak.  Once memory utilization reaches its limit, the issue will result in a system crash and restart.

To identify the issue, execute the CLI command:

user@device> show platform application-info allocations app l2ald-agent EVL Object Allocation Statistics:

Node   Application     Context Name                               Live   Allocs   Fails     Guids re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::L2Rtinfo       1069096 1069302   0         1069302 re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::NHOpaqueTlv     114     195       0         195

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:

  • All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,

  • from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,

  • from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,

  • from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,

  • from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.

Record
CVE-2024-39557
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/R:A
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38083 7.1

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the

Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald)

of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually exhausting all system memory, leading to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

Certain MAC table updates cause a small amount of memory to leak.  Once memory utilization reaches its limit, the issue will result in a system crash and restart.

To identify the issue, execute the CLI command:

user@device> show platform application-info allocations app l2ald-agent EVL Object Allocation Statistics:

Node   Application     Context Name                               Live   Allocs   Fails     Guids re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::L2Rtinfo       1069096 1069302   0         1069302 re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::NHOpaqueTlv     114     195       0         195

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:

  • All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,

  • from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,

  • from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,

  • from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,

  • from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.

Record
EUVD-2024-38083
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/R:A
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g26w-g327-7xm5 7.1

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon ...

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the

Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald)

of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually exhausting all system memory, leading to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

Certain MAC table updates cause a small amount of memory to leak.  Once memory utilization reaches its limit, the issue will result in a system crash and restart.

To identify the issue, execute the CLI command:

user@device> show platform application-info allocations app l2ald-agent EVL Object Allocation Statistics:

Node   Application     Context Name                               Live   Allocs   Fails     Guids re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::L2Rtinfo       1069096 1069302   0         1069302 re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::NHOpaqueTlv     114     195       0         195

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:

  • All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,

  • from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,

  • from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,

  • from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,

  • from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.

Record
GHSA-g26w-g327-7xm5
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:A/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.1

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the

Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald)

of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak, eventually exhausting all system memory, leading to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

Certain MAC table updates cause a small amount of memory to leak.  Once memory utilization reaches its limit, the issue will result in a system crash and restart.

To identify the issue, execute the CLI command:

user@device> show platform application-info allocations app l2ald-agent EVL Object Allocation Statistics:

Node   Application     Context Name                               Live   Allocs   Fails     Guids re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::L2Rtinfo       1069096 1069302   0         1069302 re0   l2ald-agent               net::juniper::rtnh::NHOpaqueTlv     114     195       0         195

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:

  • All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO,

  • from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,

  • from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,

  • from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-EVO,

  • from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO.

Record
CVE-2024-39557
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:A/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
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In short

CVE-2024-39557 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published July 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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