Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in telnetd.real of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated shell user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root. telnetd.real is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, allowing local users to run telnetd.real with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: all versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2.
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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Remediation
Vendor Solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 15.1R7-S9*, 17.3R3-S11*, 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3, 18.1R3-S11, 18.2R3-S6, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S4, 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4, 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S1, 19.3R3-S1, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3, 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2, 20.2R2, 20.3R1, and all subsequent releases. *Late availability
Vendor Workaround
Use access lists or firewall filters to limit CLI access to the device only from trusted, administrative networks or hosts. Limit access to the Junos OS shell to only trusted system administrators.
Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2021-2842 | A local privilege escalation vulnerability in telnetd.real of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated shell user to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands as root. telnetd.real is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, allowing local users to run telnetd.real with root privileges. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: all versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S11; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S7, 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S4; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2. |
References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11114 |
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History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:46:49.158Z
Reserved: 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-0223
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-01-15T18:15:15.900
Modified: 2026-06-17T03:29:31.850
Link: CVE-2021-0223
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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