A denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller Application prior to version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1 may allow an unauthenticated, local user, to create a fork bomb scenario, also known as a rabbit virus, or wabbit, which will create processes that replicate themselves, until all resources are consumed on the system, leading to a denial of service to the entire system until it is restarted. Continued attacks by an unauthenticated, local user, can lead to persistent denials of services.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11513 A denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller Application prior to version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1 may allow an unauthenticated, local user, to create a fork bomb scenario, also known as a rabbit virus, or wabbit, which will create processes that replicate themselves, until all resources are consumed on the system, leading to a denial of service to the entire system until it is restarted. Continued attacks by an unauthenticated, local user, can lead to persistent denials of services.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:05.232Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-2330

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-24T15:59:00.707

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-2330

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