# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-0243"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2021-04-22T19:37:08.073Z"
updatedAt: "2024-09-17T00:51:52.928Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-0243"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-0243.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0243"
title: "Junos OS: EX4300: Stateless firewall policer fails to discard traffic"
summary: "Improper Handling of Unexpected Data in the firewall policer of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX4300 switches allows matching traffic to exceed set policer limits, possibly leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) condition. When the firewall policer discard action fails on a Layer 2 port, it will allow traffic to pass even though it exceeds set policer limits. Traffic will not get discarded, and will be forwarded even though a policer discard action is configured. When the issue occurs, traffic is not discarded as desired, which can be observed by comparing the Input bytes with the Output bytes using the following command: user@junos\u003e monitor interface traffic Interface Link Input bytes (bps) Output bytes (bps) ge-0/0/0 Up 37425422 (82616) 37425354 (82616) \u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c egress ge-0/0/1 Up 37425898 (82616) 37425354 (82616) \u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c ingress The expected output, with input and output counters differing, is shown below: Interface Link Input bytes (bps) Output bytes (bps) ge-0/0/0 Up 342420570 (54600) 342422760 (54600) \u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c egress ge-0/0/1 Up 517672120 (84000) 342420570 (54600) \u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c ingress This issue only affects IPv4 policing. IPv6 traffic and firewall policing actions are not affected by this issue. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on the EX4300: All versions prior to 17.3R3-S10; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"17.3R3-S10"},{"version":"17.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"17.4R3-S3"},{"version":"18.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.1R3-S11"},{"version":"18.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.2R3-S6"},{"version":"18.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.3R3-S4"},{"version":"18.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.4R3-S6"},{"version":"19.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.1R3-S3"},{"version":"19.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.2R3-S1"},{"version":"19.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.3R3-S1"},{"version":"19.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.4R3"},{"version":"20.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.1R2"},{"version":"20.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.2R2"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","platforms":["EX4300"]}]

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