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Junos OpenSSH Information Leak and Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
JunOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
Junos OS is prone to a information leak and buffer overflow vulnerability in the OpenSSH client.
Insight
Insight
CVE-2016-0777 and CVE-2016-0778 were released by Qualys and cross-announced by OpenSSH on 2016-01-14. The attack vector leading to potential compromise in these scenarios relates to a session initiated from a Junos OS device using the SSH client to an external SSH server.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Junos OS 12.1, 12.3, 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.