CVE-2017-2330 — 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

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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

Published Apr 24, 2017

6.2

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.32%

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor Juniper Networks Product NorthStar Controller Application Default
n/a
- Version
  prior to version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Juniper Networks

NorthStar Controller Application

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
prior to version 2.1.0 Service Pack 1	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.32% 0.00317

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00317

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.32% (0.00317)	22.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.32% (0.00317)	24.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.05% (0.00053)	21.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.05% (0.00053)	21.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00053)	19.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.41% (0.00414)	3.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.41% (0.00414)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-834

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97618
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97618		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783		x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner juniper

Published Apr 24, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Dec 1, 2016

Link CVE-2017-2330

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-2330

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-2330