Junos flowd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Summary
A buffer overflow in the flow daemon when using telnet pass-through authentication might lead to a complete compromise of the system.
Solution
New builds of Junos OS software are available from Juniper. As a workaround disable telnet pass-through authentication if not required.
Insight
Buffer overflow in the flow daemon (flowd) when using telnet pass-through authentication on the firewall.
Affected
Plattforms running Junos OS 10.4, 11.4, or 12.1X44.
Detection
Check the OS build.
References