Juniper IVE OS Unintentionally Trusted Certificate Authorities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69183

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of IVE OS running on the remote host has an insecure SSL configuration. Internal and development Certificate Authorities (CAs) used by Juniper during testing were mistakenly included and explicitly trusted in public releases of IVE OS. A man-in-the-middle attacker could with access to these CAs could exploit this to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of SSL connections without being detected.

This plugin determines whether or not the system is vulnerable solely by check the OS version. It does not check if the workaround in Juniper Security Advisory JSA10571 is being used.

Solution

Upgrade to IVE OS 7.1r7 or later, or use the workaround listed in Juniper Security Advisory JSA10571.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69183

File Name: junos_pulse_sa_jsa10571.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/1/2013

Updated: 8/8/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:juniper:junos_pulse_secure_access_service, cpe:/o:juniper:ive_os

Required KB Items: Host/Juniper/IVE OS/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2013

Reference Information

BID: 60521

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