What is CVE-2017-10615?

CVE-2017-10615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Juniper Ex3200, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-10615?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Juniper Ex3200

CVE-2017-10615

A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM. Affected Juniper Networks Junos OS releases are: 14.1 from 14.1R5 prior to 14.1R8-S4, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50 on EX and QFX series; 14.2 from 14.2R3 prior to 14.2R7-S8, 14.2R8; No other Junos OS releases are affected by this issue. No other Juniper Networks products are affected by this issue.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.025 (83.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10615?: CVE-2017-10615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Juniper Ex3200, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-10615?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.