CVE-2017-10604

MEDIUM

Junos OS 12.1X46 < D65, 12.3X48 < D45, 15.1X49 < D75 - Unauthenticated Root Account Lockout via Failed Login Attempts

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When the device is configured to perform account lockout with a defined period of time, any unauthenticated user attempting to log in as root with an incorrect password can trigger a lockout of the root account. When an SRX Series device is in cluster mode, and a cluster sync or failover operation occurs, then there will be errors associated with synch or failover while the root account is locked out. Administrators can confirm if the root account is locked out via the following command root@device> show system login lockout user root User Lockout start Lockout end root 1995-01-01 01:00:01 PDT 1995-11-01 01:31:01 PDT Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D65 on SRX series; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D45 on SRX series; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D75 on SRX series.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038886
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10806

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 56.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-307
Status published
Products (6)
juniper/junos 12.1x46 (11 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 12.3x48 (8 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 15.1x49 (12 CPE variants)
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D65
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D45
Juniper Networks/Junos OS 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D75
Published Jul 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026