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Juniper Junos Remote Execution Vulnerability (JSA10818)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104038

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device is affected by a vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS that may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10818.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fb27d038

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104038

File Name: juniper_jsa10818.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Published: 10/20/2017

Updated: 7/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/model, Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10615

JSA: JSA10817