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CVE-2021-0212 (GCVE-0-2021-0212)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-15 17:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:21
VLAI
Title
Contrail Networking: Administrator credentials are exposed in a plaintext file
Summary
An Information Exposure vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Networking allows a locally authenticated attacker able to read files to retrieve administrator credentials stored in plaintext thereby elevating their privileges over the system. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Contrail Networking versions prior to 1911.31.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11102 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Juniper Networks Contrail Networking Affected: unspecified , < 1911.31 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-01-13 00:00
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