CVE-2023-28978

Junos OS Evolved: Read access to some confidential user information is possible

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Apr 17, 2023
Updated
Feb 5, 2025
Reserved
Mar 29, 2023

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Description

An Insecure Default Initialization of Resource vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network based attacker to read certain confidential information. In the default configuration it is possible to read confidential information about locally configured (administrative) users of the affected system. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7-EVO on pending commit???; 21.1-EVO versions prior to 21.1R3-S4-EVO on awaiting build; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-S1-EVO; 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R3-EVO; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-S5-EVO on pending commit???; 21.3-EVO version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 22.1-EVO version 22.1R1-EVO and later versions; 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R2-S1-EVO.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Njuniper

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Junos OS EvolvedJuniper Networks
  • 21.3R1-EVO to before 21.3-EVO*Affected
  • 21.4-EVO to before 21.4R3-S1-EVOAffected
  • 22.1R1-EVO to before 22.1-EVO*Affected
  • 22.2-EVO to before 22.2R2-S1-EVOAffected

References

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