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.
The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 | mitigation vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97618 | third party advisory vdb entry |