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CVE-2018-5254 Details

Description

Arista EOS before 4.20.2F allows remote BGP peers to cause a denial of service (Rib agent restart) via a malformed path attribute in an UPDATE message.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/4403-security-advisory-33	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/4403-security-advisory-33	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-417	Communication Channel Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
arista eos	< 4.20.2f
CPE cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 18, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]