Juniper Networks security advisory

Number: AV21-166
Date: 15 April 2021

On 14 April 2021 Juniper Networks published Security Advisories to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Included were critical updates for the following:

  • Junos OS on NFX Series – versions prior to 19.1R1
  • Junos OS overlayd service – multiple versions on multiple platforms
  • Juniper Networks AppFormix 3 – versions prior to 3.1.22, 3.2.14 and 3.3.0
  • SRC Series – versions prior to 4.13.0-R5
  • Junos Space Security Director – versions prior to 21.1R1
  • Junos Space – versions prior to 21.1R1

Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could result in arbitrary code execution, use of hard-coded credentials for system takeover, denial of service condition and execute commands as root.

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web links and apply the necessary updates.

Juniper Networks Security Bulletins
https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&channel=SECURITY_ADVISORIES

Note to Readers

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