CVE-2021-0246
Last modified
CVE-2021-0246 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.3/10 on the CVSS scale. On SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3, devices using tenant services on Juniper Networks Junos OS, due to incorrect default permissions assigned to tenant system administrators a tenant system administrator may inadvertently send their network traffic to one or more tenants while concurrently modifying the overall device system traffic management, affecting all tenants and the service provider. Further, a tenant may inadvertently receive traffic from another tenant. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
On SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3, devices using tenant services on Juniper Networks Junos OS, due to incorrect default permissions assigned to tenant system administrators a tenant system administrator may inadvertently send their network traffic to one or more tenants while concurrently modifying the overall device system traffic management, affecting all tenants and the service provider. Further, a tenant may inadvertently receive traffic from another tenant. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.3 version 18.3R1 and later versions on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3. This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 18.3R1.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper | Junos | 18.3 |
| Juniper | Junos | 18.4 |
| Juniper | Junos | 19.1 |
References
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11139Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11139Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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