CVE-2016-1278 Upgrades using 'partition' option may allow unauthenticated root login

The issue exists with the 'partition' option of 'request system software' executed on the release from which the upgrade is being performed.  Upgrading from an affected release to a fixed release will not resolve this issue.

https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10753

CVE

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1278