CVE-2021-0250: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An attacker sending a specific crafted BGP update message will crash RPD

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In segment routing traffic engineering (SRTE) environments where the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) feature is enable, a vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) process of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to send a specific crafted BGP update message causing the RPD service to core, creating a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition. Continued receipt and processing of this update message will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects IPv4 and IPv6 environments. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 17.4 versions 17.4R1 and above prior to 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S7; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S6, 18.2R3-S3; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2-S3, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S3, 19.2R2, This issue does not affect Junos OS releases prior to 17.4R1. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 19.2-EVO versions prior to 19.2R2-EVO.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: 17.4-r1, 17.4-r1-s1, 17.4-r1-s2, 17.4-r1-s3, 17.4-r1-s4, 17.4-r1-s5 (+65)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 19.2-r1

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