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Junos libc Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

JunOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.9

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Junos OS is prone to a vulnerability in libc.

Insight

Insight

On April 22nd, 2009 FreeBSD announced that the db interface in libc does not properly initialize memory for Berkeley DB 1.85 database structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a database file. Junos OS operates on either FreeBSD 6.1 and earlier, or FreeBSD 10.1 and later depending on the version of Junos OS.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Junos OS 12.1, 12.3, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 14.2 and 15.1

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable OS build is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)