CVE-2021-28503

The impact of this vulnerability is that Arista's EOS eAPI may skip re-evaluating user credentials when certificate based authentication is used, which allows remote attackers to access the device via eAPI.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/13605-security-advisory-0072	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos::::::::

Information

Published : 2022-02-04 15:15

Updated : 2022-08-02 08:57

NVD link : CVE-2021-28503

Mitre link : CVE-2021-28503

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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Products Affected

arista

eos

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