Juniper Junos QFX Low Entropy Vulnerability (JSA10678)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82798

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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 Juniper Junos device is affected by a low entropy vulnerability due to an insufficient number of bytes being collected from the RANDOM_INTERRUPT entropy source when the device is first booted, thus resulting in the generation of weak SSH keys or SSL/TLS certificates.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10678.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82798

File Name: juniper_jsa10678.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: Junos Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2015

Updated: 7/12/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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: 4/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3006

BID: 74020

JSA: JSA10678

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