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An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Oct 13, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 4, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions.

When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed.

This issue affects:

Juniper Networks Junos OS

  • All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4;
  • 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
  • 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
  • 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1;
  • 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3.

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

  • All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO;
  • 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO;
  • 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO;
  • 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
  • 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 13, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 13, 2023
Last updated Apr 4, 2024

Severity

Moderate

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
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-44201

GHSA ID

GHSA-ffxw-phw3-h58r

Source code

No known source code

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