FKIE_CVE-2018-5255

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-03-05 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:59
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/4347-security-advisory-32Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/4347-security-advisory-32Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
arista eos *
arista eos *
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