CVE-2017-10621 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-10621

Junos OS: Denial of service vulnerability in telnetd

Vulnerability Description

A denial of service vulnerability in telnetd service on Juniper Networks Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service. Affected Junos OS releases are: 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D71; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D50; 14.1 prior to 14.1R8-S5, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50; 14.2 prior to 14.2R7-S9, 14.2R8; 15.1 prior to 15.1F2-S16, 15.1F5-S7, 15.1F6-S6, 15.1R5-S2, 15.1R6; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D90; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D47; 16.1 prior to 16.1R4-S1, 16.1R5; 16.2 prior to 16.2R1-S3, 16.2R2;

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Juniper Networks

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Affected Software

Junos OS
Vulnerable Versions:
12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D71, 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D50, 14.1 prior to 14.1R8-S5, 14.1R9, 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50, 14.2 prior to 14.2R7-S9, 14.2R8, 15.1 prior to 15.1F2-S16, 15.1F5-S7, 15.1F6-S6, 15.1R5-S2, 15.1R6, 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D90, 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D47, 16.1 prior to 16.1R4-S1, 16.1R5, 16.2 prior to 16.2R1-S3, 16.2R2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 13th, 2017
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.