Buffer overflow in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2017-10602

 

Buffer overflow in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2017-10602

Published: July 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7530
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10602
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

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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