Juniper Junos Corrupt pam.conf Security Bypass (JSA10707)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86608

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Juniper Junos device is affected by a security bypass vulnerability due to the 'fail-open' behavior of the pam.conf file. A local attacker can exploit this, by modifying or corrupting the pam.conf file, to gain unauthenticated root access to the device.

Solution

Apply the relevant Junos software release referenced in Juniper advisory JSA10707.

See Also

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10707

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86608

File Name: juniper_jsa10707.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Published: 10/26/2015

Updated: 7/12/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:juniper:junos

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/JUNOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7751

JSA: JSA10707