SB2020101512 - Race condition in Juniper Junos OS
Published: October 15, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020101512
CSH Severity
High
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 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1667)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition when DNS filtering is enabled with one of the following cards MS-PIC, MS-MIC or MS-MPC. A remote attacker can exploit the race, cause a deial of service (DoS) condition and escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.