#VU52287 Security restrictions bypass in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2021-0235

 

#VU52287 Security restrictions bypass in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2021-0235

Published: April 16, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52287
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0235
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Juniper Junos OS
Software vendor:
Juniper Networks, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to system does not properly impose security restrictions in a multi-tenant environment. On SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3, vSRX Series devices using tenant services on Juniper Networks Junos OS, due to incorrect permission scheme assigned to tenant system administrators, a tenant system administrator may inadvertently send their network traffic to one or more tenants while concurrently modifying the overall device system traffic management, affecting all tenants and the service provider. Further, a tenant may inadvertently receive traffic from another tenant.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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