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CRITICAL
CVE-2024-2973
Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Conductor Authentication Bypass
Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router or conductor running with a redundant peer allows a network based attacker to bypass authentication and take full control of the device. Only routers or conductors that are running in high-availability redundant configurations are affected by this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects: Session Smart Router:  * All versions before 5.6.15,  * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts,  * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. Session Smart Conductor:  * All versions before 5.6.15,  * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts,  * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts.  WAN Assurance Router:  * 6.0 versions before 6.1.9-lts,  * 6.2 versions before 6.2.5-sts.

INFO

Published Date :

June 27, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 28, 2024, 10:27 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-2973 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://support.juniper.net/support/eol/software/ssr/
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83126

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  • europa.eu
Cyber Security Brief 24-08 - July 2024

Cyber Brief (July 2024)August 1, 2024 - Version: 1.0TLP:CLEARExecutive summaryWe analysed 252 open source reports for this Cyber Security Brief1.Cyber policy and law enforcement efforts in Europe have ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 01, 2024 (3 months ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-2973 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router or conductor running with a redundant peer allows a network based attacker to bypass authentication and take full control of the device. Only routers or conductors that are running in high-availability redundant configurations are affected by this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects: Session Smart Router:  * All versions before 5.6.15,  * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts,  * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. Session Smart Conductor:  * All versions before 5.6.15,  * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts,  * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts.  WAN Assurance Router:  * 6.0 versions before 6.1.9-lts,  * 6.2 versions before 6.2.5-sts.
    Added Reference Juniper Networks, Inc. https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83126 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Juniper Networks, Inc. https://support.juniper.net/support/eol/software/ssr/ [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Juniper Networks, Inc. CWE-288
    Added CVSS V3.1 Juniper Networks, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V4.0 Juniper Networks, Inc. CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
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