Buffer overflow in Junos OS - CVE-2017-10602

 

Buffer overflow in Junos OS - CVE-2017-10602

Published: July 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7530
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10602
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in the command line interface (CLI). A local attacker with read only privileges can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Junos OS

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10602

The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions:
14.2R6, 15.1F5, 15.1F6, 15.1R3, 15.1X49-D40, 15.1X53-D47, 15.1X53-D70, 16.1R1.


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