Buffer Over-read in Arista CloudEOS VM - CVE-2023-24513

 

Buffer Over-read in Arista CloudEOS VM - CVE-2023-24513

Published: May 17, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109298
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24513
CWE-ID: CWE-126
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Arista Networks
Affected software:
Arista CloudEOS VM

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Software Forwarding Engine (Sfe). A remote attacker can send specially crafted TCP traffic to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-24513

Install updates from vendor's website.

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