CVE-2021-0255
Assigner: juniper
Published: 2021-04-14T00:00:00
State: PUBLISHED
affected: product: Junos OS
vendor: Juniper Networks
versions: lessThan: 15.1X49-D240
status: affected
version: 15.1X49
versionType: custom
lessThan: 17.3R3-S11
status: affected
version: 17.3
versionType: custom
lessThan: 17.4R3-S4
status: affected
version: 17.4
versionType: custom
lessThan: 18.1R3-S12
status: affected
version: 18.1
versionType: custom
lessThan: 18.2R3-S7
status: affected
version: 18.2
versionType: custom
lessThan: 18.3R3-S4
status: affected
version: 18.3
versionType: custom
lessThan: 18.4R2-S7
status: affected
version: 18.4
versionType: custom
lessThan: 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4
status: affected
version: 19.1
versionType: custom
lessThan: 19.3R3-S2
status: affected
version: 19.3
versionType: custom
lessThan: 19.4R3-S1
status: affected
version: 19.4
versionType: custom
lessThan: 20.1R2, 20.1R3
status: affected
version: 20.1
versionType: custom
lessThan: 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3
status: affected
version: 20.2
versionType: custom
lessThan: 20.3R1-S1
status: affected
version: 20.3
versionType: custom
credits: value: Juniper SIRT would like to acknowledge and thank Hoàng Thạch Nguyễn (d4rkn3ss) of STAR Labs for responsibly reporting this vulnerability.
datePublic: 2021-04-14T00:00:00
descriptions: value: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in ethtraceroute of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access to escalate privileges and write to the local filesystem as root. ethtraceroute is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, allowing local users to run ethtraceroute with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D240; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S4; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S12; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S7; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S7; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S1; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1.
exploits: value: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
metrics: cvssV3_1: attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.5
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
version: 3.1
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-250
description: CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
type: CWE
solutions: value: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 15.1X49-D240, 17.3R3-S11, 17.4R3-S4, 18.1R3-S12, 18.2R3-S7, 18.4R2-S7, 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R3-S1, 20.1R2, 20.1R3, 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3, 20.3R1-S1, 21.1R1, and all subsequent releases.

As a proactive measure to tighten the security of other Ethernet OAM utilities, setuid was also removed from other binaries, including ethping, ethdm, ethslm and ethlm.

source: advisory: JSA11175
defect: 1529209
discovery: EXTERNAL
title: Junos OS: ethtraceroute Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in SUID binaries
workarounds: value: To reduce the risk of malicious exploitation, use access lists or firewall filters to limit CLI access to the device only from trusted, administrative networks or hosts.  Additionally, limit access to the Junos OS shell to only trusted system administrators.

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