SB2016071317 - Improper certificate validation in Junos OS
Published: July 13, 2016 Updated: June 28, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016071317
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper certificate validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1280)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certificate validation on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to CN validation error. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass certificate validation on the target system by supplying a specially crafted self-signed certificate with a spoofed Common Name (CN) value that matches a valid certificate authority (CA).
This issue only affects certificates used for IKE/IPsec. Other public key-based authentication is unaffected by this vulnerability.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in host/resource access.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.