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Junos Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
JunOS Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
9 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Junos OS.
Insight
Insight
A problem with processing authorization attributes containing double quotes within the TACACS+ configuration may allow authenticated local users to run commands that should be denied by policy.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Junos OS 12.1, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 and 14.1
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. As a workaround do not use double quotes in TACACS+ configurations for user authentication.