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An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where...

High severity Unreviewed Published Jan 15, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 17, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where the incorrect use of EOS's AAA API’s by the OpenConfig and TerminAttr agents could result in unrestricted access to the device for local users with nopassword configuration.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 14, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 15, 2022
Last updated Aug 17, 2023

Severity

High
7.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-28500

GHSA ID

GHSA-5g2c-wqm3-5vm3

Source code

No known source code

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