Vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved
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.
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Juniper Junos_os_evolved — versions 20.4, 21.1, 21.2
- Juniper Networks Junos Os Evolved — versions unspecified, 21.1R1-EVO, 21.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-22164?
- CVE-2022-22164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-01-19.
- How severe is CVE-2022-22164?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.