CVE-2021-28509
What it is
This advisory documents the impact of an internally found vulnerability in Arista EOS state streaming telemetry agent TerminAttr and OpenConfig transport protocols. The impact of this vulnerability is that, in certain conditions, TerminAttr might leak MACsec sensitive data in clear text in CVP to other authorized users, which could cause MACsec traffic to be decrypted or modified by other authorized users on the device.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with an admin-level account, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.1 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Arista Terminattr < 1.10.11
- Arista Terminattr < 1.16.8
- Arista Terminattr < 1.19.2
- Arista Eos ≤ 4.23.11
- Arista Eos < 4.24.10
- Arista Eos < 4.25.8
- Arista Eos < 4.26.6
- Arista Eos < 4.27.4
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/15484-security-advisory-0077
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/15484-security-advisory-0077