Security News

Reg story prompts fresh security bulletin, review of Juniper Networks' CVE process
2024-01-30 15:30

The four vulnerabilities reported to Juniper Networks by watchTowr researcher Aliz Hammond, which were later found to be missing individual CVEs, have now each been disclosed separately, per an out-of-cycle security advisory. Despite submitting four vulnerability reports in total, Juniper credited watchTowr with the discovery of just two.

Juniper Networks Releases Urgent Junos OS Updates for High-Severity Flaws
2024-01-30 05:01

Juniper Networks has released out-of-band updates to address high-severity flaws in SRX Series and EX Series that could be exploited by a threat actor to take control of susceptible systems. The...

Ivanti and Juniper Networks accused of bending the rules with CVE assignments
2024-01-22 15:00

The networking giant was accused of patching security flaws without disclosing them as standalone vulnerabilities, while Ivanti was called out for seemingly bundling multiple vulnerabilities under a single registered Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ID. Security vulnerabilities that are serious enough to require patching to avoid problems for organizations generally need to be registered with a CVE Numbering Authority and added to the CVE program. Once registered with a CVE ID, vulnerabilities can be more easily identified and tracked by organizations, making their patching routine more easily manageable.

Thousands of Juniper Networks devices vulnerable to critical RCE bug
2024-01-15 19:34

More than 11,500 Juniper Networks devices are exposed to a new remote code execution vulnerability, and infosec researchers are pressing admins to urgently apply the patches. It's somewhat of a repeat scenario for Juniper Networks, which only recently got done patching the last round of critical RCE bugs in Junos OS, which runs on SRX firewalls and EX switches.

Juniper Networks fixes flaws leading to RCE in firewalls and switches
2023-08-22 08:40

Juniper Networks has fixed four vulnerabilities in Junos OS that, if chained together, could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution on the company's SRX firewalls and EX switches.Junos OS is an operating system based on Linux and FreeBSD that runs on Juniper Networks firewalls, network switches and other security devices.

CISA pulls the fire alarm on Juniper Networks bugs
2022-07-15 20:57

Juniper Networks has patched critical-rated bugs across its Junos Space, Contrail Networking and NorthStar Controller products that are serious enough to prompt CISA to weigh in and advise admins to update the software as soon as possible. "CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Juniper Networks security advisories page and apply the necessary updates," according to the Feds' warning this week.

Juniper Networks joins Softbank 5G Consortium to accelerate the adoption of 5G solutions
2021-08-04 23:15

Juniper Networks announced that it has joined the Softbank 5G Consortium established by Softbank Corp. as a founding member, having been named as a 5G-related partner. As long-time partners, Juniper Networks and Softbank have journeyed and grown together over the years into the 5G era.

CMC Networks chooses Juniper Networks to offer managed AI-driven SD-WAN solution in Africa
2021-07-14 23:45

Juniper Networks announced that CMC Networks is the first Juniper partner to offer a managed AI-driven SD-WAN solution in Africa. By leveraging Juniper's unique Session Smart Router technology driven by Mist AI, CMC is delivering a unique tunnelless solution that is designed for scale and agility, coupled with automated provisioning, management and troubleshooting for maximum uptime, superior performance of real-time traffic and lower operating costs in both rural and urban environments.

Juniper Networks Apstra 4.0 enhances the experience of users and operators in the data center
2021-05-26 01:30

Juniper Apstra helps organizations to minimize the time and costs associated with deploying and managing traditionally complex data center networks. The new software version builds on the unique multivendor capabilities of the Apstra solution to support VMware NSX-T 3.0 and Enterprise SONiC, in addition to previously supported data center switching from Juniper, Nvidia, Arista Networks and Cisco Systems.

Juniper Networks partners with PBX-Change to increase network speed and visibility
2021-03-11 01:30

Juniper Networks announced a partnership with PBX-Change. PBX-Change will now be able to bring Juniper's innovative Software-Defined Wide Area Network Flexible Service Edge technology to its customers, delivering business quality Unified Communications and business continuity services.