CVE-2021-28500

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28500
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-14 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-17 14:47:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where the incorrect use of EOS's AAA API’s by the OpenConfig and TerminAttr agents could result in unrestricted access to the device for local users with nopassword configuration.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Application Arista Eos All All All All
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Application Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Application Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Application Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Application Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Application Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory 0071 - Arista MISC www.arista.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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