Info

Disclosure

Jan 20, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

NetScreen-Security Manager contains a flaw that may allow a remote user to obtain sensitive information. The issue is due to the Security Manager not encrypting communications between the Device Server component and ScreenOS. This potentially allows an attacker to sniff traffic between the two components and obtain sensitive information.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Cryptographic
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workarounds: (1) Add the following line in the devSvr.cfg file located in the /usr/netscreen/DevSvr/var/ folder, then restart DevSvr services: devSvrManager.cryptoKeyLength 128 (2) As root, run the script 'addCryptoParam.sh', which is available on the NetScreen-Security Manager downloads page at www.netscreen.com/cso, then restart DevSvr services.

Products

Juniper Networks, Inc.

ScreenOS

5.0

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 10675
ISS X-Force ID: 14886
CVE ID: 2004-1766 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 485
CERT VU: 927630
Bugtraq ID: 9455
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.juniper.net/support/security/alerts/58290.txt
http://www.netscreen.com/services/security/alerts/1_19_04_58290.jsp
Vendor URL: http://www.netscreen.com/
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.netscreen.com/services/download_soft/
Keyword: NetScreen Security Advisory 58290

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/3613