An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where the incorrect use of EOS's AAA APIā€™s by the OpenConfig and TerminAttr agents could result in unrestricted access to the device for local users with nopassword configuration.
CVE-2021-28501

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Arista Networks

Status
Terminattr
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 January 2022

What is CVE-2021-28501?

An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where the incorrect use of EOS's AAA APIā€™s by the OpenConfig and TerminAttr agents could result in unrestricted access to the device for local users with nopassword configuration.

Affected Version(s)

Terminattr 1.16.2 0

References

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/secu...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2021-28501 : An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where the incorrect use of EOS's AAA APIā€™s by the OpenConfig and TerminAttr agents could result in unrestricted access to the device for local users with nopassword configuration.