| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Arista EOS up to 4.28.11F/4.29.8M/4.30.7M/4.31.4M/4.32.2F. Affected is an unknown function of the component VLAN Tag Handler. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-5872. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Arista EOS up to 4.28.11F/4.29.8M/4.30.7M/4.31.4M/4.32.2F. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component VLAN Tag Handler. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, a specially crafted packet with incorrect VLAN tag might be copied to CPU, which may cause incorrect control plane behavior related to the packet, such as route flaps, multicast routes learnt, etc.
The advisory is shared at arista.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-5872 since 06/11/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/11/2025).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: UnknownCWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/11/2024 🔍01/11/2025 🔍
01/11/2025 🔍
01/11/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: arista.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-5872 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5872
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-291169
Entry
Created: 01/11/2025 07:14Changes: 01/11/2025 07:14 (60)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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