CVE-2021-31350

Summary

CVECVE-2021-31350
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-19 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-10-25 12:58:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the gRPC framework, used by the Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) API on Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, allows a network-based, low-privileged authenticated attacker to perform operations as root, leading to complete compromise of the targeted system. The issue is caused by the JET service daemon (jsd) process authenticating the user, then passing configuration operations directly to the management daemon (mgd) process, which runs as root. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S8; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S3, 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 18.4R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO; 21.1-EVO versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r1-s7 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r2-s8 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 18.4 r3-s8 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r1-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.1 r3-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r1-s6 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.2 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 - All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r2-s5 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.3 r3-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r2-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 19.4 r3-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r1-s4 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.1 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r1-s3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.2 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.3 r3 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos 20.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 18.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 19.4 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 r2-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.1 r2-s2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.2 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.2 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.2 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.3 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.3 r1-s1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.3 r2 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 20.4 r1 All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 All All All
Operating System Juniper Junos Os Evolved 21.1 r1-s1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2021-10 Security Bulletin: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Privilege escalation vulnerability in Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) (CVE-2021-31350) - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
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