CVE-2020-15898 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-15898

In Arista EOS malformed packets can be incorrectly forwarded across...

Vulnerability Description

In Arista EOS malformed packets can be incorrectly forwarded across VLAN boundaries in one direction. This vulnerability is only susceptible to exploitation by unidirectional traffic (ex. UDP) and not bidirectional traffic (ex. TCP). This affects: EOS 7170 platforms version 4.21.4.1F and below releases in the 4.21.x train; EOS X-Series versions 4.21.11M and below releases in the 4.21.x train; 4.22.6M and below releases in the 4.22.x train; 4.23.4M and below releases in the 4.23.x train; 4.24.2.1F and below releases in the 4.24.x train.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

eos
Vulnerable Versions:
4.21.0f, 4.22.0f, 4.23.0f, 4.24.0f

Timeline

Official Publish: December 28th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.