CVE-2022-22164
published 2022-01-19CVE-2022-22164: An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not take effect…
PriorityP428medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.70%
49.5th percentile
An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not take effect as expected, resulting in the telnet service staying enabled. When it is not intended to be operating on the device, an administrator can issue the following command to verify whether telnet is operating in the background: user@device > show system connections | grep :23 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 20879/xinetd This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R2-S2-EVO; 21.1 version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-EVO.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos_os | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | — | — |
| juniper_networks | junos_os_evolved | >= 21.1R1-EVO < 21.1* | 21.1* |
| juniper_networks | junos_os_evolved | >= 21.2 < 21.2R2-EVO | 21.2R2-EVO |
| juniper_networks | junos_os_evolved | >= unspecified < 20.4R2-S2-EVO | 20.4R2-S2-EVO |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Juniper
CVE-2022-22164: An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not tak
vendor_juniper·2022-01-19·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-22164 [MEDIUM] CWE-665 CVE-2022-22164: An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not tak
CVE-2022-22164: An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not take effect as expected, resulting in the telnet service staying enabled. When it is not intended to be operating on the device, an administrator can issue the following command to verify whether telnet is operating in the background: user@device > show system connections | grep :23 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 20879/xinetd This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R2-S2-EVO; 21.1 version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-EVO.
GHSA
GHSA-56fg-32qc-v967: An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not tak
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-01-20
CVE-2022-22164 [MEDIUM] CWE-665 GHSA-56fg-32qc-v967: An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not tak
An Improper Initialization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may cause a commit operation for disabling the telnet service to not take effect as expected, resulting in the telnet service staying enabled. When it is not intended to be operating on the device, an administrator can issue the following command to verify whether telnet is operating in the background: user@device > show system connections | grep :23 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 20879/xinetd This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R2-S2-EVO; 21.1 version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-EVO.
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2022-01-19
Published