CVE-2021-0218

Junos OS: Command injection vulnerability in license-check daemon

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jan 15, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020

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Description

A command injection vulnerability in the license-check daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS that may allow a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to execute commands with root privilege. license-check is a daemon used to manage licenses in Junos OS. To update licenses, a user executes the command 'request system license update' via the CLI. An attacker with access to this CLI command may be able to exploit the vulnerability. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S9; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S5, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S2, 20.2R2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hjuniper

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OSJuniper Networks
  • before 16.1R1Not affected
  • 17.3 to before 17.3R3-S9Affected
  • 17.4 to before 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3Affected
  • 18.1 to before 18.1R3-S11Affected
  • 18.2 to before 18.2R3-S6Affected
  • 18.3 to before 18.3R3-S4Affected
  • 18.4 to before 18.4R3-S6Affected
  • 19.1 to before 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S3Affected
  • 19.2 to before 19.2R3-S1Affected
  • 19.3 to before 19.3R2-S5, 19.3R3Affected
  • 19.4 to before 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3Affected
  • 20.1 to before 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2Affected
  • 20.2 to before 20.2R1-S2, 20.2R2Affected

References

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