Memory leak in Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS) - CVE-2023-24511
Published: May 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109304
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-2023-24511
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Arista Networks
Affected software:
Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS)
Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the snmpd process. This may result in the snmpd processing being terminated (causing SNMP requests to time out until snmpd is automatically restarted) and potential memory resource exhaustion for other processes on the switch. The vulnerability does not have any confidentiality or integrity impacts to the system. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-24511
Install update from vendor's website.