What is CVE-2017-2333?

CVE-2017-2333 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Northstar_controller, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-2333?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Juniper Northstar_controller

CVE-2017-2333

A persistent denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller Application prior to version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1 may allow a malicious, network-based, authenticated attacker to consume enough system resources to caus…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (60.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Northstar_controller
Juniper Networks Northstar Controller Application — versions prior to version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
sirt@juniper.net (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2333?: CVE-2017-2333 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Northstar_controller, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-2333?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.