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An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the user...

High severity Unreviewed Published Oct 13, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 11, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the user interfaces to the Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, the CLI, the XML API, the XML Management Protocol, the NETCONF Management Protocol, the gNMI interfaces, and the J-Web User Interfaces causes unintended effects such as demotion or elevation of privileges associated with an operators actions to occur.

Multiple scenarios may occur; for example: privilege escalation over the device or another account, access to files that should not otherwise be accessible, files not being accessible where they should be accessible, code expected to run as non-root may run as root, and so forth.

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS

  • All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7;
  • 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5;
  • 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5;
  • 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4;
  • 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3;
  • 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S2;
  • 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S2, 22.2R3;
  • 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

  • All versions prior to 21.4R3-S3-EVO;
  • 22.1-EVO version 22.1R1-EVO and later versions prior to 22.2R2-S2-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO;
  • 22.3-EVO versions prior to 22.3R1-S2-EVO, 22.3R2-EVO.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 13, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 13, 2023
Last updated Apr 11, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.172%
(55th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-44182

GHSA ID

GHSA-rcf7-xjfr-3cgc

Source code

No known source code

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