Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS - CVE-2017-10604
Published: July 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7537
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10604
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS
Juniper Junos OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in cluster mode on SRX Series systems. A remote attacker can can attempt to login to the root account with an incorrect password to trigger a lockout of the root account.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an error in cluster mode on SRX Series systems. A remote attacker can can attempt to login to the root account with an incorrect password to trigger a lockout of the root account.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10604
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions:
12.1X46-D65, 12.3X48-D45, 15.1X49-D75.
12.1X46-D65, 12.3X48-D45, 15.1X49-D75.