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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-10608

Any Juniper Networks SRX series device with one or more ALGs enabled may experience a flowd crash when traffic is processed by the Sun/MS-RPC ALGs.

Published Oct 13, 2017 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Any Juniper Networks SRX

Last checked Nov 10, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2017-10608. EPSS is 1.03%. Act only if a listed version of Any Juniper Networks SRX is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Any Juniper Networks SRX).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.03%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe juniper/junos

Any Juniper Networks SRX series device with one or more ALGs enabled may experience a flowd crash when traffic is processed by the Sun/MS-RPC ALGs. This vulnerability in the Sun/MS-RPC ALG services component of Junos OS allows an attacker to cause a repeated denial of service against the target. Repeated traffic in a cluster may cause repeated flip-flop failure operations or full failure to the flowd daemon halting traffic on all nodes. Only IPv6 traffic is affected by this issue. IPv4 traffic is unaffected. This issues is not seen with to-host traffic. This issue has no relation with HA services themselves, only the ALG service. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.1X46 prior to 12.1X46-D55 on SRX; 12.1X47 prior to 12.1X47-D45 on SRX; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D32, 12.3X48-D35 on SRX; 15.1X49 prior to 15.1X49-D60 on SRX.

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  • cpe juniper/junos12.1x46

How to fix CVE-2017-10608

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2017-10608. EPSS is 1.03%. Act only if a listed version of Any Juniper Networks SRX is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 12.1x46. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. EPSS 1.03%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Juniper Junos OS security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 13, 2017 · Monitored products — high

    Detected

    Any Juniper Networks SRX series device with one or more ALGs enabled may experience a flowd crash when traffic is processed by the Sun/MS-RPC ALGs. This vulnerability in the Sun/MS-RPC ALG services component of Junos OS allows an attacker to cause a repeated denial of service against the target. Repeated traffic in a cluster may cause repeated flip-flop failure operations or full failure to the fl

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · Monitored products — high

    Updated

    Any Juniper Networks SRX series device with one or more ALGs enabled may experience a flowd crash when traffic is processed by the Sun/MS-RPC ALGs. This vulnerability in the Sun/MS-RPC ALG services component of Junos OS allows an attacker to cause a repeated denial of service against the target. Repeated traffic in a cluster may cause repeated flip-flop failure operations or full failure to the fl

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-10608

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • Monitored products — highVendor advisoryCVE-2017-10608

    Any Juniper Networks SRX series device with one or more ALGs enabled may experience a flowd crash when traffic is processed by the Sun/MS-RPC ALGs. This vulnerability in the Sun/MS-RPC ALG services component of Junos OS allows an attacker to cause a repeated denial of service against the target. Repeated traffic in a cluster may cause repeated flip-flop failure operations or full failure to the fl

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 10, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgNov 7, 2026
  • Monitored products — highNov 7, 2026