Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Affects Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved

CVE-2024-39556

What is CVE-2024-39556?

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved could enable an attacker with low privileges and local access to the command line interface (CLI) to execute malicious operations. By utilizing the 'set security certificates' command alongside a specially crafted certificate file, an attacker might trigger a crash of the management daemon (mgd) or even facilitate execution of arbitrary privileged code, posing a significant risk to system integrity.

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