CVE-2016-1278

published 2016-08-05

CVE-2016-1278: Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D50 on SRX Series devices reverts to "safe mode" authentication and allows root CLI logins without a password after a failed…

Priority P3 38 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D50 on SRX Series devices reverts to "safe mode" authentication and allows root CLI logins without a password after a failed upgrade to 12.1X46, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging use of the "request system software" command with the "partition" option.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
juniper	junos	<= 12.1x46	—
juniper	junos_os	—	—
juniper	srx_series	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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