Resource exhaustion in Arista CloudEOS VM - CVE-2023-24545
Published: May 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109297
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24545
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due the Software Forwarding Engine (Sfe) does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Arista CloudEOS VM
How to mitigate CVE-2023-24545
Install updates from vendor's website.
Arista CloudEOS VM - addressed in versions 4.26.9M, 4.27.8M, 4.28.5M, 4.29.2F