Juniper Junos Privilege Escalation (JSA10978)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140737

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Junos OS installed on the remote host is EX2300, EX2300-C or EX3400 version 18.1R3-S4 or 18.3R1-S3. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as referenced in the JSA10978 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10978

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10978

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140737

File Name: juniper_jsa10978.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Published: 9/23/2020

Updated: 10/13/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0071

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 10/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0071

JSA: JSA10978