# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-31353"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2021-10-19T18:16:34.884Z"
updatedAt: "2024-09-16T17:37:46.150Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:32.228Z"
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-2021-31353"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-31353.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31353"
title: "Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: RPD core upon receipt of specific BGP update"
summary: "An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker to inject a specific BGP update, causing the routing protocol daemon (RPD) to crash and restart, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of the BGP update will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects very specific versions of Juniper Networks Junos OS: 19.3R3-S2; 19.4R3-S3; 20.2 versions 20.2R2-S3 and later, prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions 20.3R2 and later, prior to 20.3R3; 20.4 versions 20.4R2 and later, prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.1 is not affected by this issue. This issue also affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R2-S3-EVO, 20.4R3-EVO; 21.1-EVO versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R2-EVO."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"unaffected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.3R3-S2"},{"version":"19.3R3-S2","status":"affected"},{"version":"19.4R3-S3","status":"affected"},{"version":"20.1R1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.1*"},{"version":"20.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.2R2-S3","changes":[{"at":"20.2R3-S2","status":"unaffected"}]},{"version":"20.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.3R2","changes":[{"at":"20.3R3","status":"unaffected"}]},{"version":"20.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.4R2","changes":[{"at":"20.4R3","status":"unaffected"}]},{"version":"21.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.1R2"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.4R2-S3-EVO, 20.4R3-EVO"},{"version":"21.1-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.1R2-EVO"},{"version":"21.2-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.2R2-EVO"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS Evolved"}]

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